Total Crime Rate

120.5 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 120.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.6 9/10
  • Public order 14.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hillbrow area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 134th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hillbrow (RG2 8JD) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 81.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillbrow (RG2 8JD), the main crime hotspot is near Laburnum Gardens. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hillbrow area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wheatley Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Tamarisk Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Tamarisk Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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