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Reading

Reading, Pennsylvania crime and tract data guide. Read the citywide pattern first, then move into tract pages and comparison pages to see where the local differences are most pronounced.

Population
339,465
Reading covered by 86 underlying areas.
Violent crime
3.1 / 1k
Violent crime has increased 63% since 2022.
Property crime
14.6 / 1k
Property crime has increased 103% since 2022.
Market rent
$1,446
Market rent has increased 33% since 2023. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Reading is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

0/100

Scores in the 0th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

52/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 52nd percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

51/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 51st percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Reading compared with Pennsylvania

Reading city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

3.1 / 1k

5.3 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

14.6 / 1k

26.4 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,446

$1,545 state

Permits 12M

0

0 state