Total Crime Rate
41.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elm Park Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Abbey , and the 154th 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 Elm Park Road (RG30 2TP) in the last 12 months was 41.4 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Park Road (RG30 2TP), 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.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Kensington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Audley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portman Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portman Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Portman Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portman Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prince Of Wales Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Audley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lancing Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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