Total Crime Rate
62.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spey Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 229th lowest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Spey Road (RG30 4DG) in the last 12 months was 62.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spey Road (RG30 4DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tweed Court, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gairn Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taff Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kinloch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Iona Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Iona Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tay Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tweed Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
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