Total Crime Rate
73.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tamesis Place 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 Tamesis Place (RG4 8ET) 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 Tamesis Place (RG4 8ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tamesis Place, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lynmouth Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Caversham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Queen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lynmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Vastern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Vastern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B3345 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tamesis Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
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