Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG1 5HL
How much crime is recorded in RG1 5HL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Southampton Street & Redlands Road
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,791 (2024)
RG1 5HLReading
How safe is RG1 5HL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG1 5HL area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
RG1 5HLNational
Burglary21.29.1
Violence and sexual offences11.923.6
Bicycle theft5.91.0
Vehicle crime5.03.5
Anti-social behaviour3.210.7
Other theft3.14.5
Drugs1.52.4
Public order1.54.6
Theft from the person1.32.1
Criminal damage and arson1.24.7
Other crime0.51.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 20% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.