Total Crime Rate
136.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rose Kiln Lane area has the 44th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 110th highest crime rate of 482 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 Rose Kiln Lane (RG2 0HP) in the last 12 months was 136.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.9% lower than the Abbey average (389.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 58.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rose Kiln Lane (RG2 0HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Paul'S Court (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laud Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Admirals Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Paul'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Admirals Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Admirals Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laud Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laud Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laud Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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