Crime Rates at Links Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4YS

Links Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Battle , and the 32nd 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 Links Drive (RG30 4YS) in the last 12 months was 278.7 per 1,000 residents and was 141.3% higher than the Battle average (115.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 148.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Links Drive (RG30 4YS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moriston Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Romsey Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.