Burglaries are high in Reading town centre, with Abbey Ward recording the highest crime rate per 1,000 residents.
Okay, so crime is up in one Royal County area. Reading seems to struggle with burglaries, and this affects shops and homes in the town center. The data breaks down Berkshire into smaller areas, which they call wards.
Each area has a crime rate per square mile. Abbey Ward is Reading’s town center, and it has about 10,153 people living there. They rank neighborhoods by crimes per 1,000 residents; this shows the crime hotspots clearly.
Reading town center had a rate of 26 per 1,000 in 2022/23. Whitley and Katesgrove wards are next, with rates of 15 and 16, respectively. Reading Borough Council oversees these wards.
After Reading, Maidenhead’s town center stands out. St Mary’s ward has a rate of 15, and Windsor and Maidenhead Council manages it.
Here’s a quick list of hotspots and their rates: Abbey has a rate of 26; Katesgrove has a rate of 16; Whitley and St Mary’s both have 15; Newbury Speen and Sunningdale each have 10.
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