Total Crime Rate
89.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chatham Place area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 181st highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chatham Place (RG1 7AN) in the last 12 months was 89.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.1% lower than the Abbey average (389.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ).
In the area around Chatham Place (RG1 7AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near West Street, where police recorded 162 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (97 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A329 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A4155 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4155 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Regent Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Regent Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A329 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cheapside | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheapside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cheapside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A4155 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alfred Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sackville Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratheden Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Stratheden Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratheden Place | Under investigation |
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