Total Crime Rate

528.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

124.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 528.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 219.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 124.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.3 9/10
  • Other theft 49.9 10/10
  • Burglary 37.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.9 10/10
  • Public order 29.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.9 10/10
  • Robbery 22.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.5 9/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Basingstoke Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 14th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Basingstoke Road (RG2 0HB) in the last 12 months was 528.7 per 1,000 residents and was 515.7% higher than the Church average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -61.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 124.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Basingstoke Road (RG2 0HB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 168 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 Basingstoke Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/38)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boulton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boulton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tavistock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tavistock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tavistock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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