Total Crime Rate

161.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 161.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Tilehurst Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tilehurst Road (RG1 7XJ) in the last 12 months was 161.6 per 1,000 residents and was 57.9% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tilehurst Road (RG1 7XJ), the main crime hotspot is near Trinity Place. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tilehurst Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Carey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prospect Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Other crime Prospect Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Goldsmid Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maitland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waylen Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waylen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waylen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Zinzan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Zinzan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Epping Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Epping Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marshall Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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Data Sources

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