Total Crime Rate
209.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Park View area has the 8th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 51st 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 Park View (RG2 0BX) in the last 12 months was 209.3 per 1,000 residents and was 98.6% higher than the Church average (105.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 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 Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 93.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park View (RG2 0BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laud Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waterloo Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Church| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nimrod Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Collis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collis Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elgar Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elgar Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgar Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Collis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Park View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sailcloth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgar Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laud Close | Under investigation |
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