Crime in RG16 8

The RG16 8 postcode sector, in the RG (Reading) postcode area, with most records published by Thames Valley Police.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 130 street-crime records for RG16 8 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 13.3% fewer than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.

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Last 12 published months

September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.

Street-crime records

130

Share of RG16

27.8%

Year-on-year

-13.3%

RG16 8 holds 27.8% of the 468 records assigned to RG16 in the same window.

Month-by-month totals

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Month	Street-crime records
September 2025	10
October 2025	21
November 2025	12
December 2025	10
January 2026	10
February 2026	9
March 2026	9
April 2026	6
May 2026	11
June 2026	9
July 2026	9
August 2026	14

Street-crime records per 1,000 residents

No Census 2021 residents are recorded for these postcodes, so no rate is shown.

Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.

Category mix compared

Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Thames Valley Police.

Category	RG16 8	RG16	Force
Violence and sexual offences	34.6%	41.5%	38.0%
Criminal damage and arson	16.9%	12.4%	7.1%
Public order	11.5%	8.3%	7.8%
Other theft	7.7%	7.5%	7.8%
Shoplifting	6.2%	3.2%	9.9%
Vehicle crime	6.2%	6.2%	5.6%
Burglary	4.6%	5.3%	3.5%
Anti-social behaviour	4.6%	7.9%	10.8%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for RG16 8 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2021	76
2022	158
2023	142
2024	183
2025	120
2026 (part year)	77

Limits to keep in mind

Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Full detail is on the methodology page and in what a postcode district crime page shows, which covers sectors too.

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CrimeMapsUK. RG16 8 postcode sector: published street-crime records, September 2025 to August 2026. Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 30 October 2026. Police locations are approximate; records are assigned to the area by nearest postcode. Postcode centroids from the ONS Postcode Directory. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. https://crimemapsuk.com/crime/sectors/rg16-8/

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