Crime Rates at Dawlish Road, Reading, RG2 7SG

Dawlish Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 178th highest crime rate of 488 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 Dawlish Road (RG2 7SG) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.7% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 240.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dawlish Road (RG2 7SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carousel Court, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Landrake Crescent (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.