Total Crime Rate
61.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Caversham Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 234th lowest 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 Caversham Road (RG1 8AU) in the last 12 months was 61.7 per 1,000 residents and was 83.9% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caversham Road (RG1 8AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caversham Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Thames Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Thames Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Thames Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Thames Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thames Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newport Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caversham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caversham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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