Total Crime Rate
60.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wokingham Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Park , and the 223rd lowest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wokingham Road (RG6 1LP) in the last 12 months was 60.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% lower than the Park average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wokingham Road (RG6 1LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regis Park Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earley Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Amherst Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amherst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holmes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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