Total Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elm Park Court area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 208th highest crime rate of 482 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 Elm Park Court (RG30 2LZ) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Park Court (RG30 2LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Walkers Place, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Canford Court (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wantage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penroath Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Penroath Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canford Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amethyst Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilehurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Amethyst Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Amethyst Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wilson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kearsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wantage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parkside Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shireshead Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Park | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kensington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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