Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG2 0GR
How much crime is recorded in RG2 0GR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Kennet Island & Green Park
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,473 (2024)
RG2 0GRReading
How safe is RG2 0GR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG2 0GR area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
65
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).
RG2 0GRNational
Shoplifting24.78.4
Burglary9.99.1
Violence and sexual offences9.323.6
Other theft8.14.5
Anti-social behaviour6.410.7
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Public order3.24.6
Robbery2.41.4
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Drugs1.02.4
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Other crime0.81.5
Theft from the person0.42.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 35% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.