Crime Rates at Hyde End Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DG

Hyde End Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Barkham & Arborfield , and the 143rd lowest crime rate of 523 local areas in Wokingham .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hyde End Road (RG7 1DG) in the last 12 months was 17.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.1% lower than the Barkham & Arborfield average (57.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 142.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hyde End Road (RG7 1DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cobham Drive, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marlow Place (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.