Crime Rates at Hillview Cottages, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3EU

Hillview Cottages area has the 7th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Burghfield & Mortimer , and the 189th highest crime rate of 491 local areas in West Berkshire .

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 Hillview Cottages (RG7 3EU) in the last 12 months was 53.3 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% lower than the Burghfield & Mortimer average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillview Cottages (RG7 3EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coopers Place (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.