Crime Rates at Dickens Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5LZ

Dickens Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Caversham , and the 235th highest 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 Dickens Close (RG4 5LZ) in the last 12 months was 69.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dickens Close (RG4 5LZ), 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.