Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG1 9LS
How much crime is recorded in RG1 9LS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Kennet Island & Green Park
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,371 (2024)
RG1 9LSReading
How safe is RG1 9LS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG1 9LS area, 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
22.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
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 9LSNational
Burglary21.69.1
Violence and sexual offences16.723.6
Shoplifting15.38.4
Other theft7.54.5
Anti-social behaviour5.510.7
Public order4.04.6
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Bicycle theft3.11.0
Vehicle crime2.33.5
Drugs1.02.4
Robbery0.71.4
Other crime0.71.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 31% 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.