Police recorded 264 theft from the person offences in Reading in the 12 months to June 2026, down 33.5% (133) on the previous 12 months. That is 1.4 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 183,762
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
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 to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
3,963
24.9
2012
June 2013
4,714
28.9
2013
June 2014
4,580
27.5
2014
June 2015
3,873
22.9
2015
June 2016
4,293
25.0
2016
June 2017
4,918
28.4
2017
June 2018
4,714
27.0
2018
June 2019
3,696
21.2
2019
June 2020
3,268
18.8
2020
June 2021
3,141
18.1
2021
June 2022
3,892
22.1
2022
June 2023
4,560
25.3
2023
June 2024
4,990
27.3
2024
June 2025
5,065
27.6
2025
June 2026
5,423
29.5
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
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.