Crime Rates at Pocket Place, Earley, Reading, RG6 7DF

Pocket Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates , and the 26th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in Wokingham .

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 Pocket Place (RG6 7DF) in the last 12 months was 149.5 per 1,000 residents and was 232.7% higher than the Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates average (44.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 96.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pocket Place (RG6 7DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mays Lane, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gladridge Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.