Total Crime Rate
552.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Caversham Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 12th 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 Caversham Road (RG1 8JA) in the last 12 months was 552.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% higher than the Abbey average (383.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 420.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 125.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caversham Road (RG1 8JA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 139 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanshawe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanshawe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanshawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanshawe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanshawe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchants Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchants Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchants Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchants Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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