Total Crime Rate

47.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meadowside area has the 5th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Tilehurst & Purley , and the 220th highest crime rate of 490 local areas in West Berkshire .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadowside (RG31 5QE) in the last 12 months was 47.1 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% higher than the Tilehurst & Purley average (42.6 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 , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -53.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadowside (RG31 5QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willow Gardens, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Ridings (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meadowside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ridings Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridgemount Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ridings Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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