Crime Rates at Songbird Close, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AB

Songbird Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Hillside , and the 80th highest crime rate of 522 local areas in Wokingham .

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 Songbird Close (RG2 9AB) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% higher than the Hillside average (46.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 164.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Songbird Close (RG2 9AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Manor (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.