Crime Rates at Wantage Road, Reading, RG30 2SE

Wantage Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Battle , and the 167th lowest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wantage Road (RG30 2SE) in the last 12 months was 42.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.2% lower than the Battle average (115.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 5 cases , up 66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wantage Road (RG30 2SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.