Concerned members of Oxford Road Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) believe shutters on the Oxford Road Community Office are a sign community policing is being scrapped.
Members of the NAG are fed up with seeing the shutters down on what they feel is an important part of crime prevention in their area.
The recent announcement by Thames Valley Police of plans to cut force costs by closing police community offices has exacerbated fears neighbourhood policing is no longer a priority.
After working with the police in the past to combat local issues, the NAG is concerned the momentum has faded and all the progress made will go to waste.
Miss Colliass believes a community office is important for crime prevention in the area and is concerned the office in Oxford Road is now under review for closure.
She said: "We do feel there is a like-for-like requirement because we need a police presence in the area.
Discussions about the office at NAG meetings for more than a year have sparked wider concerns about a lack of police presence in the area.
Police officers are no longer based at the Oxford Road Community Office as they share the same inspector with the town centre team, so they are based at Reading Police Station.
"Which makes sense, but it still doesn't excuse the fact there are PCSOs in there on different shifts and the shutters stay down," explained Miss Colliass.
"When previous PCs were based at the community office, they gave a more visible police presence.
"This gave a reassurance and piece of mind to local residents.
When NAG members spoke to residents and businesses, many struggled to remember the last time they saw the shutters up.
Since being set up by Thames Valley Police in 2007 the Oxford Road NAG has identified three priorities for the area; drug dealing, prostitution and street drinking.
People have been asked to report any sighting of people drinking on the streets to police on 101.
Miss Colliass said: "NAG members have been doing this for many months now, but we have yet to see any decrease, we are seeing an increase.
"The whole idea of the NAG is working together with local officers.
Thames Valley Police spokeswoman Hannah Williams said: "One of Thames Valley Police's priorities is to ensure there is visible policing in the communities which officers serve.
"Members of the Battle and Abbey Neighbourhood Team carry out regular patrols and operations in their area in addition to responding to calls from members of the public.
"The community office in Oxford Road is an operational facility, which is not a station duty office open to the public.