Total Crime Rate

73.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 73.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.4 5/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tamesis 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.

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Crime Over Time in Tamesis Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queen'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lynmouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lynmouth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Vastern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Vastern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3345 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tamesis Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cromwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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