Crime Rates at Grange Avenue, Reading, RG6 1DQ

Grange Avenue area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .

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 Grange Avenue (RG6 1DQ) in the last 12 months was 125.9 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% lower than the Abbey average (383.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 83.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grange Avenue (RG6 1DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norris Road, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.