Total Crime Rate

597.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 597.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 527.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Robbery 9.1 9/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Northumberland Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 10th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Northumberland Avenue (RG2 8NY) in the last 12 months was 597.0 per 1,000 residents and was 466.4% higher than the Church average (105.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 174 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northumberland Avenue (RG2 8NY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 188 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Northumberland Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cooper Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gratton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southglade Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cooper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxhays Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mortimer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxhays Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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