Total Crime Rate
172.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Connaught Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 76th 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 Connaught Road (RG30 2US) in the last 12 months was 172.6 per 1,000 residents and was 53.2% higher than the Battle average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 89.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Connaught Road (RG30 2US), the main crime hotspot is near Edinburgh Road. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivanhoe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armadale Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Armadale Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lancing Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Armadale Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilehurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albany Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivanhoe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Western Elms Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prince Of Wales Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carmelite Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | A4 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Court | Under investigation |
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