Crime Rates at Acre Road, Reading, RG2 0SU

Acre Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 56th 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 Acre Road (RG2 0SU) in the last 12 months was 204.0 per 1,000 residents and was 137.5% higher than the Church average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 98.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Acre Road (RG2 0SU), the main crime hotspot is near Shooters Way. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.