Crime Rates at Poplar Gardens, Reading, RG2 7EP

Poplar Gardens 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 Poplar Gardens (RG2 7EP) 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 Poplar Gardens (RG2 7EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.