Total Crime Rate
86.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Burlington Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Norcot , and the 186th highest crime rate of 488 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 Burlington Road (RG30 4QG) in the last 12 months was 86.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% lower than the Norcot average (119.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burlington Road (RG30 4QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lansdowne Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holland Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norcot| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Holland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mayfair | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maiwand Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maiwand Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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