Total Crime Rate
82.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Salisbury Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 196th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (RG30 1BN) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (RG30 1BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Catherine Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormsby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ormsby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cannon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cannon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Argyle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormsby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormsby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Reading West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Catherine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lorne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cannon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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