Total Crime Rate

76.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 76.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.0 10/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Lennox Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Abbey , and the 209th highest crime rate of 488 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 Lennox Road (RG6 1PJ) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 79.9% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lennox Road (RG6 1PJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lennox Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Earley Hill Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brackendale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amherst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amherst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Amherst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Amherst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitcroft Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holmes Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Melrose Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order B3350 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order B3350 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket

Data Sources

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