Total Crime Rate

100.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.2 8/10
  • Drugs 17.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitstone Gardens area has the 28th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 155th highest crime rate of 482 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 Whitstone Gardens (RG2 8AL) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitstone Gardens (RG2 8AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chagford Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Landrake Crescent (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitstone Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Callington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dawlish Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merrivale Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Totnes Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Honiton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sheldon Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Honiton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitstone Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stratton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Callington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Stratton Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stratton Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dawlish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dawlish Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Meavy Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Meavy Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northumberland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Meavy Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Corinne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Chagford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Landrake Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chagford Road
Apr 2026Other theft Chagford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Helston Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Corinne Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Corinne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chagford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chagford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Corinne Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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