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Other theft in Reading

12 months to June 2026

9.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,653 other theft offences in Reading in the 12 months to June 2026, up 9.0% (136) on the previous 12 months. That is 9.0 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 183,762

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 239 offencesOctober 2011: 283 offencesNovember 2011: 247 offencesDecember 2011: 232 offencesJanuary 2012: 248 offencesFebruary 2012: 226 offencesMarch 2012: 319 offencesApril 2012: 274 offencesMay 2012: 252 offencesJune 2012: 276 offencesJuly 2012: 280 offencesAugust 2012: 363 offencesSeptember 2012: 241 offencesOctober 2012: 295 offencesNovember 2012: 270 offencesDecember 2012: 261 offencesJanuary 2013: 202 offencesFebruary 2013: 284 offencesMarch 2013: 239 offencesApril 2013: 223 offencesMay 2013: 162 offencesJune 2013: 152 offencesJuly 2013: 177 offencesAugust 2013: 279 offencesSeptember 2013: 161 offencesOctober 2013: 151 offencesNovember 2013: 152 offencesDecember 2013: 172 offencesJanuary 2014: 162 offencesFebruary 2014: 156 offencesMarch 2014: 186 offencesApril 2014: 159 offencesMay 2014: 129 offencesJune 2014: 135 offencesJuly 2014: 134 offencesAugust 2014: 170 offencesSeptember 2014: 116 offencesOctober 2014: 133 offencesNovember 2014: 94 offencesDecember 2014: 110 offencesJanuary 2015: 114 offencesFebruary 2015: 127 offencesMarch 2015: 127 offencesApril 2015: 134 offencesMay 2015: 142 offencesJune 2015: 143 offencesJuly 2015: 136 offencesAugust 2015: 214 offencesSeptember 2015: 173 offencesOctober 2015: 169 offencesNovember 2015: 140 offencesDecember 2015: 127 offencesJanuary 2016: 97 offencesFebruary 2016: 106 offencesMarch 2016: 96 offencesApril 2016: 119 offencesMay 2016: 129 offencesJune 2016: 114 offencesJuly 2016: 118 offencesAugust 2016: 214 offencesSeptember 2016: 160 offencesOctober 2016: 155 offencesNovember 2016: 119 offencesDecember 2016: 138 offencesJanuary 2017: 135 offencesFebruary 2017: 108 offencesMarch 2017: 140 offencesApril 2017: 159 offencesMay 2017: 148 offencesJune 2017: 156 offencesJuly 2017: 148 offencesAugust 2017: 194 offencesSeptember 2017: 163 offencesOctober 2017: 169 offencesNovember 2017: 147 offencesDecember 2017: 120 offencesJanuary 2018: 123 offencesFebruary 2018: 136 offencesMarch 2018: 123 offencesApril 2018: 150 offencesMay 2018: 161 offencesJune 2018: 165 offencesJuly 2018: 151 offencesAugust 2018: 195 offencesSeptember 2018: 141 offencesOctober 2018: 126 offencesNovember 2018: 111 offencesDecember 2018: 111 offencesJanuary 2019: 131 offencesFebruary 2019: 123 offencesMarch 2019: 121 offencesApril 2019: 120 offencesMay 2019: 114 offencesJune 2019: 137 offencesJuly 2019: 132 offencesAugust 2019: 200 offencesSeptember 2019: 120 offencesOctober 2019: 101 offencesNovember 2019: 103 offencesDecember 2019: 99 offencesJanuary 2020: 118 offencesFebruary 2020: 123 offencesMarch 2020: 107 offencesApril 2020: 54 offencesMay 2020: 97 offencesJune 2020: 93 offencesJuly 2020: 96 offencesAugust 2020: 113 offencesSeptember 2020: 91 offencesOctober 2020: 110 offencesNovember 2020: 101 offencesDecember 2020: 105 offencesJanuary 2021: 112 offencesFebruary 2021: 99 offencesMarch 2021: 113 offencesApril 2021: 92 offencesMay 2021: 105 offencesJune 2021: 133 offencesJuly 2021: 135 offencesAugust 2021: 171 offencesSeptember 2021: 148 offencesOctober 2021: 127 offencesNovember 2021: 114 offencesDecember 2021: 143 offencesJanuary 2022: 144 offencesFebruary 2022: 131 offencesMarch 2022: 137 offencesApril 2022: 142 offencesMay 2022: 126 offencesJune 2022: 139 offencesJuly 2022: 154 offencesAugust 2022: 163 offencesSeptember 2022: 172 offencesOctober 2022: 198 offencesNovember 2022: 167 offencesDecember 2022: 168 offencesJanuary 2023: 158 offencesFebruary 2023: 145 offencesMarch 2023: 160 offencesApril 2023: 141 offencesMay 2023: 195 offencesJune 2023: 153 offencesJuly 2023: 149 offencesAugust 2023: 164 offencesSeptember 2023: 143 offencesOctober 2023: 186 offencesNovember 2023: 159 offencesDecember 2023: 152 offencesJanuary 2024: 147 offencesFebruary 2024: 127 offencesMarch 2024: 124 offencesApril 2024: 147 offencesMay 2024: 167 offencesJune 2024: 158 offencesJuly 2024: 195 offencesAugust 2024: 167 offencesSeptember 2024: 105 offencesOctober 2024: 147 offencesNovember 2024: 133 offencesDecember 2024: 113 offencesJanuary 2025: 97 offencesFebruary 2025: 102 offencesMarch 2025: 113 offencesApril 2025: 109 offencesMay 2025: 129 offencesJune 2025: 107 offencesJuly 2025: 158 offencesAugust 2025: 149 offencesSeptember 2025: 158 offencesOctober 2025: 141 offencesNovember 2025: 151 offencesDecember 2025: 129 offencesJanuary 2026: 146 offencesFebruary 2026: 121 offencesMarch 2026: 122 offencesApril 2026: 127 offencesMay 2026: 130 offencesJune 2026: 121 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20114,777 (partial)
June 20122,07113.02012
June 20133071.92013
June 20141681.02014
June 20151911.12015
June 20162021.22016
June 20172101.22017
June 20182471.42018
June 20192491.42019
June 20202511.42020
June 20212831.62021
June 20222591.52022
June 20232811.62023
June 20242731.52024
June 20252861.62025
June 20263612.02025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Reading

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Reading