Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fobney Street area has the 49th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 127th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fobney Street (RG1 6BT) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.4% lower than the Abbey average (383.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fobney Street (RG1 6BT), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 685 crimes here, including 166 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Butts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Butts | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Mary'S Butts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Butts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Butts | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Mary'S Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mary'S Butts | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Butts | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mary'S Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Mary'S Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Mary'S Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Butts | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Simmonds Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bridge Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmonds Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Butts | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Place | — |
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