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Crime in RG30 6

How much crime is recorded in RG30 6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Reading
Region
South East
Population
13,657 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RG30 6

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 32.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in RG30 6, broadly in line with 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
32.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
79
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

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).

RG30 6National
Shoplifting30.88.4
Violence and sexual offences25.323.6
Anti-social behaviour6.610.7
Burglary6.19.1
Other theft5.54.5
Criminal damage and arson5.54.7
Public order5.34.6
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Robbery1.71.4
Drugs1.62.4
Other crime1.21.5
Theft from the person0.82.1
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 10% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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