Total Crime Rate
224.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Reading 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 1RL) 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 1RL), 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.
View Crime In Emmbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shute End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shute End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Milton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
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