Total Crime Rate
208.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Edinburgh Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 488 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 Edinburgh Road (RG30 2UB) in the last 12 months was 208.1 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% lower than the Abbey average (383.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 112.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 69.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edinburgh Road (RG30 2UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Edinburgh Road, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Battle Place (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ormsby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormsby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormsby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormsby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Reading West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivanhoe Close | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Curzon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivanhoe Close | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Catherine Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Catherine Street | Under investigation |
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