Total Crime Rate
180.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bigbury Gardens area has the 15th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 71st highest crime rate of 482 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 Bigbury Gardens (RG2 7LD) in the last 12 months was 180.5 per 1,000 residents and was 110.2% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 127.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bigbury Gardens (RG2 7LD), the main crime hotspot is near Bamburgh Close. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carousel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kiln View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seaton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salcombe Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashburton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carousel Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carousel Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carousel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carousel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bamburgh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windermere Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salcombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Corbridge Road | Under investigation |
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