Reading crime stats
April 2024

The overall crime rate in Reading postcode area is 84.6 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 24.7k crimes were violent crimes which is 37.4% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 89% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 41.8% over the last twelve months.The category of "bicycle theft crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Bicycle theft crime" rate is at 145% of national crime rate which puts Reading on 18. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Bicycle theft crime" makes up 1.9% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "bicycle theft crime" is 1.3k cases and has decreased by 27.7% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.

Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Ranking (95 postcode areas)	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
Violent crime →	37.4%	32. lowest	89%	24.7k	-7.7%
Antisocial behaviour crime →	10.2%	5. lowest	55%	6.8k	-4.2%
Shoplifting crime →	8.8%	41. highest	104%	5.8k	41.8%
Public order crime →	8.3%	42. lowest	90%	5.5k	-26.4%
Other theft crime →	8.0%	35. lowest	85%	5.3k	-3.2%
Criminal damage and arson crime →	7.9%	22. lowest	84%	5.2k	-10.8%
Vehicle crime →	6.3%	45. lowest	86%	4.2k	6.4%
Burglary crime →	4.4%	37. lowest	88%	2.9k	1.6%
Drugs crime →	2.3%	25. lowest	72%	1.5k	12.6%
Bicycle theft crime →	1.9%	18. highest	145%	1.3k	-27.7%
Other crime →	1.7%	34. lowest	77%	1.1k	3.4%
Theft from the person crime →	1.2%	29. highest	53%	815	-14.4%
Possession of weapons crime →	0.8%	30. lowest	74%	531	12.7%
Robbery crime →	0.7%	26. lowest	45%	440	-2.0%
Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Crime rate ranking	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
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