Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Other theft 19.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Acre Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 127th 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 Acre Road (RG2 0SU) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Acre Road (RG2 0SU), the main crime hotspot is near Shooters Way. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Acre Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Shooters Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shooters Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Acre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shooters Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shooters Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shooters Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shooters Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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