Crime Rates at Eskin Close, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4DU

Eskin Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Battle , and the 64th 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 Eskin Close (RG30 4DU) in the last 12 months was 188.4 per 1,000 residents and was 63.2% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eskin Close (RG30 4DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Iona Avenue, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tern Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.