Total Crime Rate
296.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
154.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Winslet Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Winslet Place (RG30 1EN) in the last 12 months was 296.1 per 1,000 residents and was 162.9% higher than the Battle average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 154.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winslet Place (RG30 1EN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winslet Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Moriston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stadium Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Groveland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sterling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winslet Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winslet Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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