Postcode · Reading
Crime in RG7 1ER
How much crime is recorded in RG7 1ER, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
- Council
- Wokingham
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 3,035 (2024)
RG7 1ERReading
How safe is RG7 1ER
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG7 1ER 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
16.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
31
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).
RG7 1ERNational
Violence and sexual offences13.723.6
Burglary6.39.1
Anti-social behaviour4.810.7
Public order2.94.6
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Other theft2.14.5
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Other crime1.01.5
Drugs0.72.4
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Theft from the person0.12.1
Possession of weapons0.00.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 25% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.