Recently released police data from June 2026 shows that a total of 1842 crimes were reported in Reading that month. The most commonly reported type of crime was 'violence and sexual offences', reported 676 times and accounting for 36.7 per cent of all crimes. These crime type categorisations come from the police data, which classifies reported crimes according to 14 different types. The fourth most reported crime type in Reading in June was 'public order' offences, which made up 7.5 per cent of the total with 138 reports. The sixth most common crime type in Reading in June was 'other theft', reported 121 times and accounting for 6.6 per cent of the total.