Total Crime Rate

58.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 58.0 6/10
  • Violent crimes 25.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Star Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Caversham , and the 211th lowest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Star Road (RG4 5BS) in the last 12 months was 58.0 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% lower than the Caversham average (73.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Star Road (RG4 5BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 126 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.

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Crime Over Time in Star Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mead Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mead Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mead Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Send Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mead Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mead Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mill Green
Apr 2026Other theft Champion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Heron Island Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heron Island Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Causeway
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Briant'S Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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