Total Crime Rate
111.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Barnabas Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Hillside , and the 45th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in Wokingham .
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 St Barnabas Road (RG2 8EE) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 161.4% higher than the Hillside average (42.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Barnabas Road (RG2 8EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langdale Gardens (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devitt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wavell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wavell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westlands Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shinfield Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shinfield Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shinfield Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shinfield Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdale Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shinfield Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poplar Gardens | — |
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