Crime Rates at Cedar Road, Reading, RG2 7ER

Cedar Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 146th highest crime rate of 488 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 Cedar Road (RG2 7ER) in the last 12 months was 113.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cedar Road (RG2 7ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 92 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.