Total Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brisbane Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 190th lowest 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 Brisbane Road (RG30 2PE) in the last 12 months was 51.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brisbane Road (RG30 2PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St George'S Terrace (31 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 | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winslet Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winslet Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winslet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winslet Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rona Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Groveland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | 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 | Public order | Colliers Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colliers Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colliers Way | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Craig Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grovelands Road | — |
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