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RG1 7

8,326 people · median £264,000 · Reading

More affordable than most
Reading Council · Labour-controlled   29/48 seats · 60% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This postcode sector

Crime runs at 14.5 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

4272103133Aug 2025Jul 2026121
Monthly recorded crimes within this postcode sector
Per 1,000 / month14.5
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this postcode sector

Violence and sexual offences
425
Anti-social behaviour
135
Other theft
115
Public order
108
Criminal damage and arson
74
Vehicle crime
70
Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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