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Crime in RG8 0PX
How much crime is recorded in RG8 0PX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Goring, Woodcote & Whitchurch
- Council
- South Oxfordshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,276 (2024)
RG8 0PXReading
How safe is RG8 0PX
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the RG8 0PX area, less than half 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
15.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
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).
RG8 0PXNational
Violence and sexual offences14.423.6
Shoplifting10.08.4
Anti-social behaviour3.210.7
Burglary2.09.1
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Public order1.54.6
Other theft1.34.5
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Other crime0.31.5
Vehicle crime0.13.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 18% 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.