Annual crime rate in Reading postcode area is 26.4, i.e. 26.4 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Reading's crime rate is at 83%. Violent crime makes up 34.8% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 20.6k, and this number has increased by 15.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2019 - November 2020.
December 2019 - November 2020
Violent crime rate is 26.4 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 30. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
The total number of "violent crime" is 20.6k, and this number has increased by 15.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2019 - November 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 December 2019 - November 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.
Monthly crime volumes till November 2020.
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.