Total Crime Rate

340.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 340.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 148.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.8 10/10
  • Public order 28.6 10/10
  • Other theft 23.4 10/10
  • Burglary 20.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.2 10/10
  • Drugs 15.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Great Knollys Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 26th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Great Knollys Street (RG1 7HN) in the last 12 months was 340.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% lower than the Abbey average (383.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 181.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 118.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Knollys Street (RG1 7HN), the main crime hotspot is near West Street. Police recorded 179 crimes here, including 87 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Great Knollys Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cheapside Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meadow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Meadow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Meadow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Meadow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Barry Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheapside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cheapside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheapside Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A329 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regent Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Regent Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Court
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Court
Sep 2025Public order Cheapside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Stratheden Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Meadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chatham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sackville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sackville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sackville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Addison Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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