Total Crime Rate
204.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Corinne Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 56th 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 Corinne Close (RG2 8AA) in the last 12 months was 204.0 per 1,000 residents and was 137.5% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 98.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corinne Close (RG2 8AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chagford Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merrivale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Callington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alphington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alphington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corinne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chagford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corinne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Corinne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Corinne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chagford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chagford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chagford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Callington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helston Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chagford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ambrook Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheldon Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stratton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stratton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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