Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG4 7QU
How much crime is recorded in RG4 7QU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Caversham Balmore Park
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,466 (2024)
RG4 7QUReading
How safe is RG4 7QU
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 14.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG4 7QU 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
14.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
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 7QUNational
Shoplifting10.98.4
Violence and sexual offences10.023.6
Burglary8.19.1
Public order4.44.6
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Anti-social behaviour2.610.7
Other theft2.44.5
Vehicle crime2.23.5
Other crime2.11.5
Drugs2.02.4
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 28% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.