Total Crime Rate
103.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wokingham Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Park , and the 148th highest crime rate of 482 local areas in Reading .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wokingham Road (RG6 1LS) in the last 12 months was 103.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wokingham Road (RG6 1LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Amherst Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Reading| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Melrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holmes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earley Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amherst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Amherst Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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