Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG4 8DB
How much crime is recorded in RG4 8DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Lower Caversham
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,859 (2024)
RG4 8DBReading
How safe is RG4 8DB
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG4 8DB area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
104
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 8DBNational
Shoplifting58.18.4
Violence and sexual offences14.823.6
Burglary9.69.1
Anti-social behaviour6.210.7
Public order4.94.6
Other theft4.24.5
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Bicycle theft2.11.0
Robbery1.91.4
Other crime1.61.5
Drugs1.52.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% 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.