Total Crime Rate
81.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thurso Close area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 201st highest 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 4YJ) in the last 12 months was 81.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thurso Close (RG30 4YJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tweed Court, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gairn Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tay Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kinloch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Test Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moriston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Moriston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sterling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Iona Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Iona Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgar Milward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tweed Court | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Gairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tweed Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Links Drive | Under investigation |
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