Total Crime Rate
94.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Salford Close area has the 31st highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Church , and the 168th highest crime rate of 482 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 Salford Close (RG2 8SA) in the last 12 months was 94.2 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% higher than the Church average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salford Close (RG2 8SA), the main crime hotspot is near Wincanton Road. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitley Wood Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bobgreen Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bobgreen Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wrenswood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wrenswood Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copenhagen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitley Wood Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitley Wood Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Studland Close | Under investigation |
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