Annual crime rate in Reading postcode area is 24.5, i.e. 24.5 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Reading's crime rate is at 76%. Violent crime makes up 32.6% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 19.1k, and this number has increased by 9.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020.
24.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
76%
of national crime rate
32.6%
of all crimes
19.1k
crimes reported
9.5%
annual change
Reading violent crime rate comparison map
March 2019 - February 2020
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
RG1 1
260%
83
544
RG1 2
150%
48
348
RG1 3
69%
22
270
RG1 4
55%
18
85
RG1 5
53%
17
208
RG1 6
114%
37
280
RG1 7
161%
52
445
RG1 8
48%
15
126
RG10 0
49%
16
72
RG10 8
28%
9
28
RG10 9
39%
12
98
RG12 0
137%
44
176
RG12 1
53%
17
111
RG12 2
128%
41
204
RG12 7
126%
41
509
RG12 8
62%
20
300
RG12 9
77%
25
226
RG14 1
73%
24
198
RG14 2
63%
20
216
RG14 3
19%
6
13
RG14 5
73%
23
266
RG14 6
50%
16
97
RG14 7
61%
20
199
RG17 0
54%
17
117
RG17 7
46%
15
42
RG17 8
81%
26
58
RG17 9
59%
19
43
RG18 0
50%
16
16
RG18 3
74%
24
111
RG18 4
93%
30
94
RG18 9
33%
11
66
RG19 3
80%
26
115
RG19 4
40%
13
93
RG19 8
67%
22
97
RG2 0
70%
23
249
RG2 7
137%
44
454
RG2 8
115%
37
502
RG2 9
75%
24
167
RG20 0
26%
8
15
RG20 4
98%
31
45
RG20 5
81%
26
57
RG20 6
59%
19
26
RG20 7
32%
10
19
RG20 8
30%
10
39
RG20 9
36%
12
56
RG21 3
70%
22
207
RG21 4
51%
16
194
RG21 5
128%
41
404
RG21 6
330%
106
62
RG21 7
198%
63
619
RG21 8
98%
31
165
RG22 4
95%
30
470
RG22 5
121%
39
275
RG22 6
189%
61
498
RG23 7
48%
16
62
RG23 8
119%
38
190
RG24 7
43%
14
48
RG24 8
59%
19
188
RG24 9
139%
45
786
RG25 2
63%
20
81
RG25 3
51%
16
70
RG26 3
82%
26
155
RG26 4
101%
32
140
RG26 5
70%
23
161
RG27 0
54%
17
84
RG27 8
64%
20
136
RG27 9
33%
11
123
RG28 7
36%
12
60
RG29 1
44%
14
117
RG30 1
117%
37
219
RG30 2
162%
52
445
RG30 3
98%
31
242
RG30 4
161%
52
490
RG30 6
133%
43
195
RG31 4
69%
22
95
RG31 5
63%
20
108
RG31 6
53%
17
107
RG31 7
100%
32
121
RG4 5
111%
35
155
RG4 6
49%
16
98
RG4 7
29%
9
64
RG4 8
79%
25
202
RG4 9
27%
9
40
RG40 1
90%
29
235
RG40 2
76%
24
128
RG40 3
32%
10
64
RG40 4
71%
23
135
RG40 5
46%
15
23
RG41 1
49%
16
57
RG41 2
44%
14
89
RG41 3
37%
12
47
RG41 4
35%
11
33
RG41 5
43%
14
146
RG42 1
38%
12
127
RG42 2
115%
37
140
RG42 3
46%
15
55
RG42 4
54%
17
76
RG42 5
45%
14
24
RG42 6
43%
14
26
RG42 7
40%
13
14
RG45 6
37%
12
79
RG45 7
107%
34
224
RG5 3
70%
22
195
RG5 4
52%
17
168
RG6 1
42%
14
214
RG6 3
91%
29
94
RG6 4
69%
22
112
RG6 5
32%
10
55
RG6 6
72%
23
9
RG6 7
56%
18
116
RG7 1
45%
14
95
RG7 2
75%
24
44
RG7 3
80%
26
188
RG7 4
16%
5
39
RG7 5
31%
10
109
RG7 6
24%
8
28
RG8 0
49%
16
70
RG8 7
28%
9
42
RG8 8
49%
16
68
RG8 9
30%
9
26
RG9 1
54%
17
158
RG9 2
66%
21
85
RG9 3
23%
7
17
RG9 4
34%
11
27
RG9 5
44%
14
55
RG9 6
23%
7
19
Reading violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 24.5 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 20. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
20.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
24.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Reading violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 19.1k, and this number has increased by 9.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020. 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 March 2019 - February 2020 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.
9.5%
annual change
24.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
19.1k
crimes reported
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 reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2015 till 2019.
