Total Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyefield Court area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Emmer Green , and the 22nd lowest 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 Lyefield Court (RG4 8AP) in the last 12 months was 10.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% lower than the Emmer Green average (31.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyefield Court (RG4 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Cavendish Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Emmer Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Unity Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklyn Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oak Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evesham Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cavendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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