Total Crime Rate
365.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Road area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Battle , and the 26th 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 Oxford Road (RG30 6TR) in the last 12 months was 365.5 per 1,000 residents and was 224.5% higher than the Battle average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 117.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Road (RG30 6TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thirlmere Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thirlmere Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thirlmere Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ripley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripley Road | Under investigation |
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