Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG4 5JA
How much crime is recorded in RG4 5JA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Caversham Balmore Park
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,618 (2024)
RG4 5JAReading
How safe is RG4 5JA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 12.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG4 5JA area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 3 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
3/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
12.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
22
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).
RG4 5JANational
Burglary12.29.1
Violence and sexual offences4.223.6
Vehicle crime3.93.5
Other theft3.24.5
Anti-social behaviour1.810.7
Public order1.54.6
Shoplifting1.58.4
Criminal damage and arson1.04.7
Drugs1.02.4
Robbery0.61.4
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 53% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.