Crime Rates at Salisbury Road, Reading, RG30 1BH

Salisbury Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 224th lowest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (RG30 1BH) in the last 12 months was 58.0 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% lower than the Abbey average (383.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salisbury Road (RG30 1BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edinburgh Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.