Total Crime Rate
597.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cooper Close 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 Cooper Close (RG2 8NZ) 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 Cooper Close (RG2 8NZ), 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.
View Crime In Church| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cooper Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cooper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxhays Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxhays Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Webster Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southglade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gratton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Webster Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mortimer Close | Under investigation |
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