Crime Rates at Gosbrook Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8BL

Gosbrook Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Caversham , and the 180th highest 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 Gosbrook Road (RG4 8BL) in the last 12 months was 89.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gosbrook Road (RG4 8BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Patrick Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Washington Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.