Total Crime Rate
104.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brixham Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 146th 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 Brixham Road (RG2 7RB) in the last 12 months was 104.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brixham Road (RG2 7RB), the main crime hotspot is near Carousel Court. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 18 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 | Carousel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dawlish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Meavy Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northumberland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Buckland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Yelverton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dawlish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dawlish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helston Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honiton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honiton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Totnes Road | — |
| 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 | Carousel Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meavy Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meavy Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Callington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B3031 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Landrake Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merrivale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B3031 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitstone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Callington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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