diff --git a/.changeset/lovely-moments-kneel.md b/.changeset/lovely-moments-kneel.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b05d01385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lovely-moments-kneel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'eslint-plugin-svelte': minor
+---
+
+feat(prefer-svelte-reactivity): reporting returned variables
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/src/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/src/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity.ts
index 7118b054d..eaece102a 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/src/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/src/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ export default createRule('prefer-svelte-reactivity', {
 		]
 	},
 	create(context) {
+		const returnedVariables: Map<
+			TSESTree.ArrowFunctionExpression | TSESTree.FunctionDeclaration,
+			TSESTree.VariableDeclarator[]
+		> = new Map();
 		const exportedVars: TSESTree.Node[] = [];
 		return {
 			...(getSvelteContext(context)?.svelteFileType === '.svelte.[js|ts]' && {
@@ -59,6 +63,28 @@ export default createRule('prefer-svelte-reactivity', {
 					}
 				}
 			}),
+			Identifier(node) {
+				const enclosingReturn = findEnclosingReturn(node);
+				if (enclosingReturn === null) {
+					return;
+				}
+				const enclosingFunction = findEnclosingFunction(enclosingReturn);
+				if (enclosingFunction === null) {
+					return;
+				}
+				const variable = findVariable(context, node);
+				if (
+					variable === null ||
+					variable.identifiers.length < 1 ||
+					variable.identifiers[0].parent.type !== 'VariableDeclarator'
+				) {
+					return;
+				}
+				if (!returnedVariables.has(enclosingFunction)) {
+					returnedVariables.set(enclosingFunction, []);
+				}
+				returnedVariables.get(enclosingFunction)?.push(variable.identifiers[0].parent);
+			},
 			'Program:exit'() {
 				const referenceTracker = new ReferenceTracker(context.sourceCode.scopeManager.globalScope!);
 				for (const { node, path } of referenceTracker.iterateGlobalReferences({
@@ -96,6 +122,20 @@ export default createRule('prefer-svelte-reactivity', {
 							});
 						}
 					}
+					for (const returnedVar of Array.from(returnedVariables.values()).flat()) {
+						if (isIn(node, returnedVar)) {
+							context.report({
+								messageId,
+								node
+							});
+						}
+					}
+					if (findEnclosingReturn(node) !== null) {
+						context.report({
+							messageId,
+							node
+						});
+					}
 					if (path[0] === 'Date' && isDateMutable(referenceTracker, node as TSESTree.Expression)) {
 						context.report({
 							messageId: 'mutableDateUsed',
@@ -135,6 +175,33 @@ export default createRule('prefer-svelte-reactivity', {
 	}
 });
 
+function findAncestorOfTypes<T extends string>(
+	node: TSESTree.Node,
+	types: string[]
+): (TSESTree.Node & { type: T }) | null {
+	if (types.includes(node.type)) {
+		return node as TSESTree.Node & { type: T };
+	}
+	if (node.parent === undefined || node.parent === null) {
+		return null;
+	}
+	return findAncestorOfTypes(node.parent, types);
+}
+
+function findEnclosingReturn(node: TSESTree.Node): TSESTree.ReturnStatement | null {
+	return findAncestorOfTypes(node, ['ReturnStatement']);
+}
+
+function findEnclosingFunction(
+	node: TSESTree.Node
+): TSESTree.ArrowFunctionExpression | TSESTree.FunctionDeclaration | null {
+	return findAncestorOfTypes(node, [
+		'ArrowFunctionExpression',
+		'FunctionDeclaration',
+		'MethodDefinition'
+	]);
+}
+
 function isDateMutable(referenceTracker: ReferenceTracker, ctorNode: TSESTree.Expression): boolean {
 	return !referenceTracker
 		.iteratePropertyReferences(ctorNode, {
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return01-errors.yaml b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return01-errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..261288a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return01-errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- message: Found a mutable instance of the built-in Set class. Use SvelteSet instead.
+  line: 3
+  column: 20
+  suggestions: null
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return01-input.svelte b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return01-input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dafc5973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return01-input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<script>
+	const fn = () => {
+		const variable = new Set([1, 2, 1, 3, 3]);
+		return variable;
+	}
+</script>
+
+{fn().has(42)}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return02-errors.yaml b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return02-errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83a23dffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return02-errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- message: Found a mutable instance of the built-in Set class. Use SvelteSet instead.
+  line: 3
+  column: 10
+  suggestions: null
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return02-input.svelte b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return02-input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d43ca045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/arrow-function-return02-input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	const fn = () => {
+		return new Set([1, 2, 1, 3, 3]);
+	}
+</script>
+
+{fn().has(42)}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return01-errors.yaml b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return01-errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..261288a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return01-errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- message: Found a mutable instance of the built-in Set class. Use SvelteSet instead.
+  line: 3
+  column: 20
+  suggestions: null
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return01-input.svelte b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return01-input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bb763a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return01-input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<script>
+	function fn() {
+		const variable = new Set([1, 2, 1, 3, 3]);
+		return variable;
+	}
+</script>
+
+{fn().has(42)}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return02-errors.yaml b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return02-errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83a23dffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return02-errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- message: Found a mutable instance of the built-in Set class. Use SvelteSet instead.
+  line: 3
+  column: 10
+  suggestions: null
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return02-input.svelte b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return02-input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5601de190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/function-return02-input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	function fn() {
+		return new Set([1, 2, 1, 3, 3]);
+	}
+</script>
+
+{fn().has(42)}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return01-errors.yaml b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return01-errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cae9244d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return01-errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- message: Found a mutable instance of the built-in Set class. Use SvelteSet instead.
+  line: 4
+  column: 21
+  suggestions: null
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return01-input.svelte b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return01-input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c991457fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return01-input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<script>
+	class A {
+		fn() {
+			const variable = new Set([1, 2, 1, 3, 3]);
+			return variable;
+		}
+	}
+
+	const a = new A();
+</script>
+
+{a.fn().has(42)}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return02-errors.yaml b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return02-errors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f01de6b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return02-errors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- message: Found a mutable instance of the built-in Set class. Use SvelteSet instead.
+  line: 4
+  column: 11
+  suggestions: null
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return02-input.svelte b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return02-input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90186aa3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-svelte/tests/fixtures/rules/prefer-svelte-reactivity/invalid/method-return02-input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<script>
+	class A {
+		fn() {
+			return new Set([1, 2, 1, 3, 3]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	const a = new A();
+</script>
+
+{a.fn().has(42)}