Total Crime Rate
166.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bath Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Norcot , and the 77th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .
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 Bath Road (RG30 2BH) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.7% higher than the Norcot average (119.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bath Road (RG30 2BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kestrel Way (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norcot| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Inkpen Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Frogmore Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Frogmore Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Frogmore Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burrcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kestrel Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kestrel Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kestrel Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frogmore Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garston Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Inkpen Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dwyer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Frogmore Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Inkpen Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Morlands Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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