Annual crime rate in Reading postcode area is 22.9, i.e. 22.9 crimes committed per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Reading's crime rate is at 72%. Violent crime makes up 31.3% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 17.9k, and this number has increased by 7.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2018 - November 2019.
22.9
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
72%
of national crime rate
31.3%
of all crimes
17.9k
crimes committed
7.3%
annual change
Reading violent crime rate comparison map
December 2018 - November 2019
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
RG1 1
252%
80
523
RG1 2
151%
48
348
RG1 3
65%
21
250
RG1 4
46%
15
71
RG1 5
50%
16
197
RG1 6
109%
35
266
RG1 7
148%
47
404
RG1 8
49%
15
126
RG10 0
45%
14
66
RG10 8
25%
8
25
RG10 9
32%
10
79
RG12 0
131%
42
167
RG12 1
62%
20
128
RG12 2
108%
34
171
RG12 7
123%
39
489
RG12 8
59%
19
278
RG12 9
70%
22
205
RG14 1
68%
22
181
RG14 2
60%
19
203
RG14 3
12%
4
8
RG14 5
72%
23
258
RG14 6
47%
15
90
RG14 7
72%
23
233
RG17 0
55%
17
117
RG17 7
40%
13
36
RG17 8
86%
27
61
RG17 9
67%
21
48
RG18 0
35%
11
11
RG18 3
70%
22
103
RG18 4
85%
27
85
RG18 9
31%
10
60
RG19 3
78%
25
111
RG19 4
37%
12
87
RG19 8
50%
16
71
RG2 0
72%
23
253
RG2 7
134%
42
438
RG2 8
112%
35
483
RG2 9
66%
21
146
RG20 0
24%
8
14
RG20 4
84%
27
38
RG20 5
86%
27
60
RG20 6
76%
24
33
RG20 7
27%
9
16
RG20 8
24%
8
30
RG20 9
33%
10
50
RG21 3
63%
20
185
RG21 4
47%
15
177
RG21 5
121%
39
380
RG21 6
307%
97
57
RG21 7
184%
58
569
RG21 8
99%
31
165
RG22 4
93%
30
455
RG22 5
112%
36
252
RG22 6
191%
61
499
RG23 7
44%
14
56
RG23 8
108%
34
172
RG24 7
50%
16
55
RG24 8
50%
16
157
RG24 9
125%
40
698
RG25 2
53%
17
67
RG25 3
48%
15
66
RG26 3
74%
23
138
RG26 4
93%
30
128
RG26 5
61%
20
139
RG27 0
49%
16
76
RG27 8
58%
18
123
RG27 9
29%
9
108
RG28 7
38%
12
62
RG29 1
40%
13
105
RG30 1
108%
34
201
RG30 2
158%
50
430
RG30 3
88%
28
217
RG30 4
154%
49
465
RG30 6
119%
38
173
RG31 4
60%
19
82
RG31 5
63%
20
107
RG31 6
51%
16
102
RG31 7
108%
34
130
RG4 5
97%
31
135
RG4 6
45%
14
88
RG4 7
29%
9
64
RG4 8
72%
23
182
RG4 9
31%
10
47
RG40 1
87%
28
224
RG40 2
64%
20
107
RG40 3
25%
8
48
RG40 4
65%
21
122
RG40 5
22%
7
11
RG41 1
47%
15
55
RG41 2
40%
13
79
RG41 3
34%
11
42
RG41 4
33%
11
31
RG41 5
46%
15
154
RG42 1
40%
13
132
RG42 2
117%
37
141
RG42 3
35%
11
41
RG42 4
52%
17
73
RG42 5
40%
13
21
RG42 6
37%
12
22
RG42 7
43%
14
15
RG45 6
31%
10
65
RG45 7
114%
36
238
RG5 3
58%
19
162
RG5 4
44%
14
141
RG6 1
39%
12
194
RG6 3
77%
24
78
RG6 4
61%
20
99
RG6 5
30%
10
51
RG6 6
90%
28
11
RG6 7
52%
17
106
RG7 1
46%
15
96
RG7 2
73%
23
42
RG7 3
76%
24
177
RG7 4
16%
5
40
RG7 5
27%
9
93
RG7 6
17%
5
20
RG8 0
44%
14
62
RG8 7
25%
8
38
RG8 8
41%
13
57
RG8 9
28%
9
24
RG9 1
54%
17
156
RG9 2
83%
26
106
RG9 3
23%
7
17
RG9 4
28%
9
22
RG9 5
48%
15
59
RG9 6
22%
7
18
Reading violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 22.9 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 14. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
14.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
22.9
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Reading violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 17.9k, and this number has increased by 7.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2018 - November 2019. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between December 2018 - November 2019 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes committed. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes committed in the postcode area.
7.3%
annual change
22.9
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
17.9k
crimes committed
Crime rate percentage changeCrime rate per 1000 workday people
Reading violent crime rate
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
Reading violent crime seasonality
Total number of crimes committed in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years.
