Crime Rates at Connaught Road, Reading, RG30 2UP

Connaught 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 Connaught Road (RG30 2UP) 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 Connaught Road (RG30 2UP), 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.