Annual crime rate in Reading postcode area is 22.4, i.e. 22.4 crimes committed per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Reading's crime rate is at 70%. Violent crime makes up 30.8% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 17.5k, and this number has increased by 11.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2018 - August 2019.
22.4
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
70%
of national crime rate
30.8%
of all crimes
17.5k
crimes committed
11.8%
annual change
Reading violent crime rate comparison map
September 2018 - August 2019
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
RG1 1
255%
81
529
RG1 2
149%
47
344
RG1 3
68%
22
262
RG1 4
45%
14
70
RG1 5
49%
15
191
RG1 6
95%
30
232
RG1 7
142%
45
388
RG1 8
44%
14
114
RG10 0
40%
13
58
RG10 8
25%
8
25
RG10 9
40%
13
99
RG12 0
124%
39
158
RG12 1
62%
20
130
RG12 2
102%
33
162
RG12 7
124%
40
496
RG12 8
56%
18
267
RG12 9
69%
22
202
RG14 1
73%
23
195
RG14 2
56%
18
192
RG14 3
6%
2
4
RG14 5
70%
22
252
RG14 6
49%
16
94
RG14 7
73%
23
235
RG17 0
64%
20
137
RG17 7
34%
11
31
RG17 8
84%
27
60
RG17 9
70%
22
50
RG18 0
32%
10
10
RG18 3
68%
22
101
RG18 4
79%
25
79
RG18 9
28%
9
54
RG19 3
74%
23
105
RG19 4
36%
12
85
RG19 8
45%
14
64
RG2 0
76%
24
268
RG2 7
129%
41
424
RG2 8
101%
32
437
RG2 9
64%
21
142
RG20 0
22%
7
13
RG20 4
94%
30
43
RG20 5
96%
30
67
RG20 6
64%
20
28
RG20 7
29%
9
17
RG20 8
22%
7
28
RG20 9
32%
10
50
RG21 3
61%
20
181
RG21 4
48%
15
180
RG21 5
114%
36
358
RG21 6
317%
101
59
RG21 7
183%
58
569
RG21 8
99%
32
166
RG22 4
92%
29
453
RG22 5
108%
34
243
RG22 6
202%
64
528
RG23 7
46%
15
59
RG23 8
114%
36
181
RG24 7
49%
16
55
RG24 8
53%
17
165
RG24 9
121%
39
680
RG25 2
58%
18
74
RG25 3
37%
12
50
RG26 3
75%
24
141
RG26 4
89%
28
122
RG26 5
60%
19
137
RG27 0
47%
15
73
RG27 8
53%
17
112
RG27 9
29%
9
106
RG28 7
40%
13
65
RG29 1
37%
12
97
RG30 1
112%
36
209
RG30 2
151%
48
412
RG30 3
78%
25
191
RG30 4
149%
47
450
RG30 6
107%
34
156
RG31 4
61%
19
84
RG31 5
45%
14
77
RG31 6
54%
17
109
RG31 7
100%
32
121
RG4 5
88%
28
123
RG4 6
47%
15
92
RG4 7
32%
10
70
RG4 8
68%
22
172
RG4 9
33%
11
50
RG40 1
89%
28
230
RG40 2
61%
19
102
RG40 3
31%
10
60
RG40 4
63%
20
119
RG40 5
28%
9
14
RG41 1
45%
14
52
RG41 2
37%
12
73
RG41 3
35%
11
44
RG41 4
24%
7
22
RG41 5
43%
14
143
RG42 1
38%
12
127
RG42 2
112%
36
135
RG42 3
32%
10
38
RG42 4
51%
16
71
RG42 5
49%
16
26
RG42 6
32%
10
19
RG42 7
40%
13
14
RG45 6
23%
7
49
RG45 7
113%
36
236
RG5 3
61%
19
169
RG5 4
41%
13
132
RG6 1
38%
12
190
RG6 3
74%
23
75
RG6 4
55%
17
88
RG6 5
28%
9
48
RG6 6
73%
23
9
RG6 7
52%
17
106
RG7 1
42%
13
88
RG7 2
64%
20
37
RG7 3
68%
22
158
RG7 4
14%
5
35
RG7 5
28%
9
96
RG7 6
24%
8
28
RG8 0
39%
12
56
RG8 7
26%
8
39
RG8 8
42%
13
58
RG8 9
28%
9
24
RG9 1
50%
16
143
RG9 2
79%
25
101
RG9 3
20%
6
15
RG9 4
27%
9
21
RG9 5
56%
18
69
RG9 6
16%
5
13
Reading violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 22.4 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 10. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
10.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
22.4
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Reading violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 17.5k, and this number has increased by 11.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2018 - August 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 September 2018 - August 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.
11.8%
annual change
22.4
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
17.5k
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.
