Total Crime Rate
135.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grovelands Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 112th highest crime rate of 482 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 Grovelands Road (RG30 2PB) in the last 12 months was 135.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grovelands Road (RG30 2PB), the main crime hotspot is near St George'S Terrace. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 31 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 | Kinloch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tweed Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grovelands Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colliers Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colliers Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Craig Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Colliers Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ibstock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Water Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rona Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ibstock Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ibstock Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ibstock Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Groveland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ronans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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