Total Crime Rate
59.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thurso Close area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 215th 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 Thurso Close (RG30 4YH) in the last 12 months was 59.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% lower 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 12 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 Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thurso Close (RG30 4YH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 23 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 | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kinloch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Iona Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Iona Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tay Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Links Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgar Milward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockbourne Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tweed Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sterling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Moriston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moriston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
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