Total Crime Rate
181.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chatham Place area has the 30th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 69th highest crime rate of 482 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 Chatham Place (RG1 7AZ) in the last 12 months was 181.3 per 1,000 residents and was 53.5% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 112.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatham Place (RG1 7AZ), 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 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Regent Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A4155 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A4155 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4155 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanshawe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4155 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vachel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Regent Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sackville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trinity Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Trinity Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sackville Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | West Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | West Street | Under investigation |
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