Total Crime Rate
268.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
145.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dulnan Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 41st highest crime rate of 482 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 Dulnan Close (RG30 4YN) in the last 12 months was 268.2 per 1,000 residents and was 138.1% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 145.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dulnan Close (RG30 4YN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 30 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moriston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Moriston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sterling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Links Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenmore Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kinloch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rockbourne Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edgar Milward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Iona Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Iona Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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