Total Crime Rate

151.1 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 151.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.0 9/10
  • Public order 28.9 10/10
  • Other theft 17.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 6.7 4/10
  • Theft from the person 6.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Beresford Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 91st 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 Beresford Road (RG30 1DD) in the last 12 months was 151.1 per 1,000 residents and was 60.6% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 88.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beresford Road (RG30 1DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Edinburgh Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Battle Place (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beresford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ormsby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ormsby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ormsby Street
Sep 2025Other theft Nightingale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Catherine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Catherine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivanhoe Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivanhoe Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Curzon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curzon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Reading West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Argyle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ormsby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Battle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ivanhoe Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Edinburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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