Total Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Star Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Caversham , and the 199th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Star Road (RG4 5BE) in the last 12 months was 81.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% higher than the Caversham average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Star Road (RG4 5BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mead Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Caversham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Send Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mead Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Champion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Donegal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Causeway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briant'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Briant'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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