Annual crime rate in Reading postcode area is 29.9 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Reading's rate is at 85% as of July 2025.Violent crime makes up 36.9% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 23.4k, and this number has decreased by 0.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025.
| Reading postcode area | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 29.9 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 35.1 |
| 85% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 36.9% | share of all crimes | 34.4% |
| 23.4k | crimes reported | 2.0M |
| -0.2% | annual change | -0.5% |
Crime rate ranking : 22. lowest crime rate out of 99 postcode areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 23.4k, and this number has decreased by 0.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025. 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 July 2024 - June 2025 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.
-0.2% annual change, crime is declining
23.4k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to June 2025.
Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.
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