Total Crime Rate

146.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 146.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.5 9/10
  • Public order 24.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Star Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Caversham , and the 98th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Star Road (RG4 5BG) in the last 12 months was 146.9 per 1,000 residents and was 102.9% higher than the Caversham average (72.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 98.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Star Road (RG4 5BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 175 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mead Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Star Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Piggott'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mead Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clonmel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marsack Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Slopes Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Slopes Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Piggott'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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