Annual crime rate in Reading postcode area is 22.3, i.e. 22.3 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 29.4% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 17.5k, and this number has increased by 30.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2018 - February 2019.
22.3
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
72%
of national crime rate
29.4%
of all crimes
17.5k
crimes committed
30.0%
annual change
Reading violent crime rate comparison map
March 2018 - February 2019
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
RG1 1
254%
79
513
RG1 2
161%
50
363
RG1 3
70%
22
265
RG1 4
52%
16
78
RG1 5
52%
16
200
RG1 6
102%
31
241
RG1 7
136%
42
361
RG1 8
56%
17
142
RG10 0
37%
12
53
RG10 8
34%
10
33
RG10 9
49%
15
119
RG12 0
122%
38
151
RG12 1
70%
22
142
RG12 2
87%
27
134
RG12 7
129%
40
500
RG12 8
57%
18
266
RG12 9
81%
25
230
RG14 1
79%
24
206
RG14 2
59%
18
197
RG14 3
11%
3
7
RG14 5
78%
24
274
RG14 6
50%
15
93
RG14 7
72%
22
227
RG17 0
68%
21
142
RG17 7
32%
10
28
RG17 8
91%
28
63
RG17 9
50%
16
35
RG18 0
26%
8
8
RG18 3
63%
20
91
RG18 4
86%
27
84
RG18 9
32%
10
61
RG19 3
68%
21
94
RG19 4
37%
12
85
RG19 8
62%
19
86
RG2 0
70%
22
239
RG2 7
130%
40
414
RG2 8
92%
29
389
RG2 9
55%
17
118
RG20 0
19%
6
11
RG20 4
70%
22
31
RG20 5
90%
28
61
RG20 6
47%
15
20
RG20 7
29%
9
17
RG20 8
19%
6
23
RG20 9
46%
14
69
RG21 3
82%
25
236
RG21 4
51%
16
185
RG21 5
118%
37
362
RG21 6
353%
109
64
RG21 7
180%
56
543
RG21 8
103%
32
167
RG22 4
101%
31
483
RG22 5
129%
40
282
RG22 6
214%
66
545
RG23 7
48%
15
59
RG23 8
109%
34
169
RG24 7
69%
21
75
RG24 8
52%
16
158
RG24 9
130%
40
710
RG25 2
72%
22
90
RG25 3
50%
15
66
RG26 3
78%
24
143
RG26 4
75%
23
101
RG26 5
60%
19
132
RG27 0
39%
12
59
RG27 8
56%
17
115
RG27 9
29%
9
105
RG28 7
45%
14
71
RG29 1
35%
11
91
RG30 1
126%
39
228
RG30 2
154%
48
410
RG30 3
81%
25
193
RG30 4
146%
45
428
RG30 6
103%
32
146
RG31 4
45%
14
60
RG31 5
56%
17
94
RG31 6
46%
14
90
RG31 7
104%
32
122
RG4 5
75%
23
101
RG4 6
40%
12
76
RG4 7
31%
10
66
RG4 8
64%
20
159
RG4 9
45%
14
66
RG40 1
88%
27
221
RG40 2
52%
16
85
RG40 3
32%
10
61
RG40 4
47%
15
86
RG40 5
23%
7
11
RG41 1
38%
12
43
RG41 2
40%
12
77
RG41 3
37%
11
45
RG41 4
20%
6
18
RG41 5
42%
13
137
RG42 1
37%
11
119
RG42 2
115%
36
135
RG42 3
29%
9
33
RG42 4
41%
13
56
RG42 5
43%
13
22
RG42 6
28%
9
16
RG42 7
24%
7
8
RG45 6
24%
7
48
RG45 7
84%
26
170
RG5 3
64%
20
173
RG5 4
43%
13
134
RG6 1
35%
11
173
RG6 3
77%
24
76
RG6 4
41%
13
65
RG6 5
33%
10
55
RG6 6
100%
31
12
RG6 7
54%
17
108
RG7 1
46%
14
95
RG7 2
71%
22
40
RG7 3
59%
18
134
RG7 4
19%
6
45
RG7 5
28%
9
95
RG7 6
25%
8
29
RG8 0
31%
10
43
RG8 7
35%
11
52
RG8 8
43%
13
58
RG8 9
18%
5
15
RG9 1
55%
17
154
RG9 2
161%
50
201
RG9 3
10%
3
7
RG9 4
32%
10
24
RG9 5
40%
13
49
RG9 6
25%
8
20
Reading violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 22.3 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 9. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
9.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
22.3
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 30.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2018 - February 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 March 2018 - February 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.
30.0%
annual change
22.3
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.
