Total Crime Rate
3.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Peters Road area has the lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Park , and the 3rd lowest crime rate of 488 local areas in Reading .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Peters Road (RG6 1PH) in the last 12 months was 3.1 per 1,000 residents and was 96.7% lower than the Park average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2023. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2023, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peters Road (RG6 1PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brackendale Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earley Hill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amherst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amherst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Amherst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Amherst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holmes Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B3350 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B3350 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Melrose Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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