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Safest Areas in Reading

Data: 2025-04 to 2026-03 · Source: data.police.uk

Burglaries (12 months)

757

3.50 per 1,000 residents

UK average (per 1,000)

3.4

England & Wales

vs UK average

+4%

burglary rate difference

Safest neighbourhoods in Reading

Ranked by burglary rate, lowest first

1

Tilehurst & Purley

0.54/1,000
Safety score: 952

Hawkedon

0.75/1,000
Safety score: 933

Bulmershe & Coronation

0.93/1,000
Safety score: 914

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield

1.03/1,000
Safety score: 895

Tilehurst

1.05/1,000
Safety score: 896

South Lake

1.24/1,000
Safety score: 857

Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates

1.33/1,000
Safety score: 838

Hillside

1.48/1,000
Safety score: 799

Southcote

1.80/1,000
Safety score: 7210

Winnersh

1.84/1,000
Safety score: 7111

Tilehurst South & Holybrook

2.03/1,000
Safety score: 6612

Shinfield

2.12/1,000
Safety score: 6313

Tilehurst Birch Copse

2.29/1,000
Safety score: 5914

Thames

2.62/1,000
Safety score: 5115

Park

2.71/1,000
Safety score: 4916

Burghfield & Mortimer

2.72/1,000
Safety score: 4917

Norcot

2.83/1,000
Safety score: 4618

Church

2.95/1,000
Safety score: 4419

Coley

3.60/1,000
Safety score: 3220

Whitley

4.25/1,000
Safety score: 2321

Battle

4.27/1,000
Safety score: 2322

Kentwood

4.72/1,000
Safety score: 1823

Katesgrove

5.61/1,000
Safety score: 1224

Redlands

6.20/1,000
Safety score: 925

Thames

10.03/1,000
Safety score: 226

Abbey

11.18/1,000
Safety score: 1

Burglary hotspots in Reading

Ranked by burglary rate, highest first

1

Abbey

11.18/1,000
Safety score: 12

Thames

10.03/1,000
Safety score: 23

Redlands

6.20/1,000
Safety score: 94

Katesgrove

5.61/1,000
Safety score: 125

Kentwood

4.72/1,000
Safety score: 186

Battle

4.27/1,000
Safety score: 237

Whitley

4.25/1,000
Safety score: 238

Coley

3.60/1,000
Safety score: 329

Church

2.95/1,000
Safety score: 4410

Norcot

2.83/1,000
Safety score: 4611

Burghfield & Mortimer

2.72/1,000
Safety score: 4912

Park

2.71/1,000
Safety score: 4913

Thames

2.62/1,000
Safety score: 5114

Tilehurst Birch Copse

2.29/1,000
Safety score: 5915

Shinfield

2.12/1,000
Safety score: 6316

Tilehurst South & Holybrook

2.03/1,000
Safety score: 6617

Winnersh

1.84/1,000
Safety score: 7118

Southcote

1.80/1,000
Safety score: 7219

Hillside

1.48/1,000
Safety score: 7920

Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates

1.33/1,000
Safety score: 8321

South Lake

1.24/1,000
Safety score: 8522

Tilehurst

1.05/1,000
Safety score: 8923

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield

1.03/1,000
Safety score: 8924

Bulmershe & Coronation

0.93/1,000
Safety score: 9125

Hawkedon

0.75/1,000
Safety score: 9326

Tilehurst & Purley

0.54/1,000
Safety score: 95

About Reading

Population

216,268

Households

83,039

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Crime data from data.police.uk. Population data from Census 2021. Data covers 2025-04 to 2026-03.