Total Crime Rate
241.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Corbridge Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 50th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Corbridge Road (RG2 7TX) in the last 12 months was 241.0 per 1,000 residents and was 180.7% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 80.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corbridge Road (RG2 7TX), 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 | Burglary | Corbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newcastle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcastle Road | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Corbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salcombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bamburgh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sherfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ella Garett Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bamburgh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ella Garett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ella Garett Close | Under investigation |
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