Total Crime Rate

124.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 124.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.0 7/10
  • Public order 27.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Copenhagen Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Church , and the 129th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Copenhagen Close (RG2 8UH) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% higher 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copenhagen Close (RG2 8UH), the main crime hotspot is near Lexington Grove. Police recorded 13 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Copenhagen Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Farmers Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swallowfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Village Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Swallowfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Webster Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Webster Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Farrowdene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Farrowdene Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Maying
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poldark Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poldark Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Copenhagen Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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