Total Crime Rate
142.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Linden Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 106th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Linden Road (RG2 7EH) in the last 12 months was 142.0 per 1,000 residents and was 65.4% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 84.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Linden Road (RG2 7EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorn Gardens (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherry Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherry Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newstead Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushden Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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