Total Crime Rate
65.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Landrake Crescent area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 237th lowest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Landrake Crescent (RG2 8AJ) in the last 12 months was 65.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Landrake Crescent (RG2 8AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Axbridge Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartland Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dawlish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Callington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dawlish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Torrington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dawlish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hartland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honiton 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Totnes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Torrington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stratton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Callington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northumberland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Torrington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Torrington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Landrake Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitstone Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheldon Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashburton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stratton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merrivale Gardens | Under investigation |
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