Total Crime Rate
200.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
135.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cockney Hill 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 Cockney Hill (RG30 4HE) 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 Cockney Hill (RG30 4HE), the main crime hotspot is near Stoneham Close. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sundial Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoneham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoneham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pentland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sundial Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sundial Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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