Total Crime Rate

11.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 11.0 1/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Southdown Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Caversham , and the 31st lowest crime rate of 488 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 Southdown Road (RG4 8RN) in the last 12 months was 11.0 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% lower than the Caversham average (72.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southdown Road (RG4 8RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grove Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southdown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckingham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckingham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pinetree Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lukes Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sheep Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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