Crime Rates at Elm Lodge Avenue, Reading, RG30 2SR

Elm Lodge Avenue 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 Elm Lodge Avenue (RG30 2SR) 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 Elm Lodge Avenue (RG30 2SR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Battle Place (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.