Total Crime Rate
1276.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Micro Centre area has the highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 488 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 The Micro Centre (RG2 0LR) in the last 12 months was 1276.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1111.5% higher than the Church average (105.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 357 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -72.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 182.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Micro Centre (RG2 0LR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 455 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Church| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Longships Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Longships Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gillette Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gillette Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gillette Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B3031 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B3031 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B3031 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B3031 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Midgham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Midgham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Midgham Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Midgham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Midgham Way | Under investigation |
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