Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG4 8RB
How much crime is recorded in RG4 8RB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Caversham Balmore Park
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,873 (2024)
RG4 8RBReading
How safe is RG4 8RB
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 18.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG4 8RB area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
18.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
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 8RBNational
Violence and sexual offences16.923.6
Anti-social behaviour5.010.7
Other theft4.74.5
Public order2.64.6
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Other crime1.51.5
Shoplifting1.38.4
Burglary1.19.1
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 30% 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.