Total Crime Rate

118.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 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
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 9th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Hawkedon , and the 41st 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 5HJ) in the last 12 months was 118.4 per 1,000 residents and was 132.3% higher than the Hawkedon average (51.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -90.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reading Road (RG41 5HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wharfedale Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fresian Way (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Reading Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Turnstone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Turnstone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wharfedale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wharfedale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenacres Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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