Annual crime rate in Reading postcode area is 22.6, i.e. 22.6 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 30.2% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 17.7k, and this number has increased by 27.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2018 - April 2019.
22.6
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
72%
of national crime rate
30.2%
of all crimes
17.7k
crimes committed
27.5%
annual change
Reading violent crime rate comparison map
May 2018 - April 2019
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
RG1 1
250%
78
512
RG1 2
162%
51
369
RG1 3
75%
24
286
RG1 4
53%
17
80
RG1 5
49%
15
190
RG1 6
100%
31
239
RG1 7
136%
42
365
RG1 8
55%
17
139
RG10 0
48%
15
69
RG10 8
23%
7
23
RG10 9
47%
15
115
RG12 0
125%
39
157
RG12 1
66%
21
135
RG12 2
94%
30
147
RG12 7
124%
39
489
RG12 8
59%
19
277
RG12 9
77%
24
223
RG14 1
77%
24
203
RG14 2
63%
20
211
RG14 3
8%
2
5
RG14 5
75%
24
268
RG14 6
50%
16
95
RG14 7
79%
25
251
RG17 0
70%
22
148
RG17 7
30%
9
27
RG17 8
93%
29
65
RG17 9
55%
17
39
RG18 0
26%
8
8
RG18 3
66%
21
97
RG18 4
77%
24
76
RG18 9
32%
10
62
RG19 3
69%
22
97
RG19 4
36%
11
82
RG19 8
53%
17
75
RG2 0
75%
23
258
RG2 7
138%
43
445
RG2 8
96%
30
411
RG2 9
58%
18
125
RG20 0
17%
5
10
RG20 4
78%
24
35
RG20 5
76%
24
52
RG20 6
51%
16
22
RG20 7
31%
10
18
RG20 8
20%
6
25
RG20 9
45%
14
68
RG21 3
79%
25
230
RG21 4
47%
15
172
RG21 5
118%
37
364
RG21 6
344%
108
63
RG21 7
178%
56
544
RG21 8
107%
34
176
RG22 4
96%
30
463
RG22 5
129%
40
286
RG22 6
212%
67
547
RG23 7
47%
15
59
RG23 8
121%
38
190
RG24 7
56%
17
61
RG24 8
52%
16
162
RG24 9
125%
39
694
RG25 2
65%
20
82
RG25 3
39%
12
52
RG26 3
75%
24
139
RG26 4
79%
25
107
RG26 5
57%
18
128
RG27 0
40%
13
61
RG27 8
59%
19
124
RG27 9
29%
9
104
RG28 7
45%
14
72
RG29 1
35%
11
91
RG30 1
119%
37
218
RG30 2
143%
45
385
RG30 3
80%
25
194
RG30 4
148%
46
440
RG30 6
97%
30
139
RG31 4
46%
14
62
RG31 5
53%
17
90
RG31 6
45%
14
90
RG31 7
104%
32
123
RG4 5
74%
23
101
RG4 6
43%
14
84
RG4 7
33%
10
70
RG4 8
68%
21
170
RG4 9
40%
13
59
RG40 1
87%
27
223
RG40 2
55%
17
90
RG40 3
32%
10
62
RG40 4
53%
17
98
RG40 5
31%
10
15
RG41 1
43%
13
49
RG41 2
39%
12
77
RG41 3
42%
13
52
RG41 4
23%
7
21
RG41 5
42%
13
138
RG42 1
39%
12
127
RG42 2
115%
36
137
RG42 3
30%
9
35
RG42 4
46%
14
63
RG42 5
44%
14
23
RG42 6
31%
10
18
RG42 7
17%
5
6
RG45 6
27%
9
56
RG45 7
92%
29
189
RG5 3
64%
20
176
RG5 4
42%
13
132
RG6 1
38%
12
187
RG6 3
72%
22
72
RG6 4
46%
14
73
RG6 5
36%
11
60
RG6 6
74%
23
9
RG6 7
56%
18
113
RG7 1
43%
13
89
RG7 2
63%
20
36
RG7 3
67%
21
154
RG7 4
16%
5
38
RG7 5
29%
9
98
RG7 6
25%
8
29
RG8 0
32%
10
45
RG8 7
31%
10
46
RG8 8
41%
13
56
RG8 9
24%
8
21
RG9 1
57%
18
161
RG9 2
163%
51
206
RG9 3
12%
4
9
RG9 4
35%
11
27
RG9 5
47%
15
58
RG9 6
24%
7
19
Reading violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 22.6 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 11. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
11.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
22.6
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Reading violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 17.7k, and this number has increased by 27.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2018 - April 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 May 2018 - April 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.
27.5%
annual change
22.6
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
17.7k
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.
