Total Crime Rate
298.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Branagh Court area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 32nd 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 Branagh Court (RG30 2QY) in the last 12 months was 298.3 per 1,000 residents and was 164.8% higher than the Battle average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 61.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Branagh Court (RG30 2QY), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winslet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Craig Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | 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 | Winslet Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winslet Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winslet Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Groveland Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moriston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rona Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Moriston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Craig Avenue | Under investigation |
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