Total Crime Rate
64.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wincanton Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 243rd lowest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .
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 Wincanton Road (RG2 8PA) in the last 12 months was 64.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 34.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wincanton Road (RG2 8PA), 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gratton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blandford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Farrowdene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Farrowdene Road | — |
| 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 | Greenfields Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Denbury Gardens | 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 | Public order | Webster Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mortimer Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southglade | Under investigation |
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