Total Crime Rate

78.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 78.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Oxford Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Road (RG1 7LL) in the last 12 months was 78.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Oxford Road (RG1 7LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Trinity Place (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oxford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Zinzan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waylen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anstey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Carey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marshall Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheapside Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waylen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Court —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stratheden Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regent Court —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Regent Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cheapside Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cheapside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regent Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheapside Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cheapside Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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