Total Crime Rate
161.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gosbrook Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Caversham , and the 84th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gosbrook Road (RG4 8BN) in the last 12 months was 161.4 per 1,000 residents and was 120.6% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gosbrook Road (RG4 8BN), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 168 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Stephens Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Washington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gosbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gosbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Short Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Short Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waller Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Patrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
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