Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG1 7LR
How much crime is recorded in RG1 7LR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Central Reading North
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,497 (2024)
RG1 7LRReading
How safe is RG1 7LR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 49.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG1 7LR area, well above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
8/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
49.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
134
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 7LRNational
Violence and sexual offences40.423.6
Shoplifting27.58.4
Public order15.34.6
Anti-social behaviour13.110.7
Other theft9.04.5
Criminal damage and arson7.64.7
Burglary6.19.1
Vehicle crime4.33.5
Bicycle theft4.01.0
Drugs3.42.4
Other crime2.81.5
Theft from the person1.72.1
Possession of weapons1.40.9
Robbery1.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
25
50
75
100
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.