Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG2 8FT
How much crime is recorded in RG2 8FT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Whitley Wood
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,101 (2024)
RG2 8FTReading
How safe is RG2 8FT
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 36.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG2 8FT area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
36.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
79
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 8FTNational
Violence and sexual offences31.423.6
Shoplifting13.58.4
Drugs6.32.4
Criminal damage and arson6.14.7
Public order5.34.6
Other theft5.04.5
Anti-social behaviour4.810.7
Burglary3.09.1
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Other crime1.41.5
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Robbery0.81.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.