Crime Rates at Wantage Road, Reading, RG30 2SH

Wantage Road area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 153rd 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 Wantage Road (RG30 2SH) in the last 12 months was 100.9 per 1,000 residents and was 74.1% lower than the Abbey average (389.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 54.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wantage Road (RG30 2SH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.