Total Crime Rate

198.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 198.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 84.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.6 10/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Spencer Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 56th 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 Spencer Road (RG2 8TW) in the last 12 months was 198.6 per 1,000 residents and was 88.4% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spencer Road (RG2 8TW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Spencer Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heroes Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heroes Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heroes Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Maying —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ashby Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poldark Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poldark Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Exeter Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Exeter Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tidman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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