Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG2 8TE
How much crime is recorded in RG2 8TE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Whitley Wood
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,525 (2024)
RG2 8TEReading
How safe is RG2 8TE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 36.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG2 8TE 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
36.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
111
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 8TENational
Shoplifting46.48.4
Violence and sexual offences26.123.6
Public order8.74.6
Burglary8.49.1
Robbery6.21.4
Other theft5.34.5
Anti-social behaviour5.110.7
Drugs4.22.4
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Other crime1.11.5
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 7% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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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.