Total Crime Rate
200.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoneham Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 59th 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 Stoneham Close (RG30 4HB) in the last 12 months was 200.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 134.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stoneham Close (RG30 4HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stoneham Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elan Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoneham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoneham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sundial Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sundial Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sundial Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severn Way | Under investigation |
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