Total Crime Rate

224.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 224.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 156.0 10/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Reading Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Emmbrook , and the 18th highest crime rate of 522 local areas in Wokingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Reading Road (RG41 1AB) in the last 12 months was 224.8 per 1,000 residents and was 227.5% higher than the Emmbrook average (68.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 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 39 (≈ 178.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reading Road (RG41 1AB), the main crime hotspot is near Station Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Reading Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mount Pleasant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Banbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Milton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shute End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havelock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shute End Under investigation
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Data Sources

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