Total Crime Rate

188.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 188.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 58.0 10/10
  • Drugs 29.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

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.

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Crime Over Time in Eskin Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Leven Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tern Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Helmsdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Eldart Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Iona Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Iona Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Eldart Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tweed Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tweed Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tern Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tweed Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eskin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rannoch Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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