Total Crime Rate
59.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severn Way area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Norcot , and the 218th lowest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Severn Way (RG30 4HH) in the last 12 months was 59.4 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% lower than the Norcot average (121.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Severn Way (RG30 4HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wye Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conwy Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sundial Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elan Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wye Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wye Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sundial Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Meadway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sundial Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conwy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
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