Total Crime Rate

131.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 7/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ashmore Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 117th 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 Ashmore Road (RG2 8AG) in the last 12 months was 131.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% higher 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 82.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashmore Road (RG2 8AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hartland Road, where police recorded 26 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ashmore Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landrake Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helston Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camelford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stratton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ambrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redruth Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Merton Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ambrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ambrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Denbury Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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