Total Crime Rate
116.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eldart Close area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Battle , and the 141st highest crime rate of 488 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 Eldart Close (RG30 4DA) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% higher than the Battle average (115.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eldart Close (RG30 4DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moriston Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grovelands Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Battle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovelands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grovelands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grovelands Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leven Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Eldart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rannoch Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Helmsdale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eskin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Eldart Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Strathy Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovelands Road | Under investigation |
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