Total Crime Rate

162.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 162.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 78.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.1 6/10
  • Other theft 18.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Hogarth Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Norcot , and the 81st 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 Hogarth Avenue (RG30 4QW) in the last 12 months was 162.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.3% higher than the Norcot average (119.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 42.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hogarth Avenue (RG30 4QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sharnwood Drive, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pentland Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hogarth Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sharnwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sharnwood Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sharnwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morlands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Poplar Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Poplar Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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