Total Crime Rate
73.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elliots Way area has the 16th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Caversham , and the 224th highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elliots Way (RG4 8BF) in the last 12 months was 73.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% higher than the Caversham average (72.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 130.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elliots Way (RG4 8BF), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Caversham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tamesis Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | School Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
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