RG31 postcode district: Reading and around

RG31 is a postcode district in England, with 639 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Reading. It is split between 2 councils: West Berkshire (455 postcodes) and Reading (184).

Postcodes in use: 639
Sectors: 4
Councils: 2 councils
Places: Reading

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in RG31, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 23
In use before 2020: 616
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 639 postcodes in RG31 that ONS places, 23 are new since 2020 and 616 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4564, longitude -1.0460. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

RG31 5DUSeptember 2023 RG31 5EFJune 2023 RG31 5EHJune 2023 RG31 7DUFebruary 2023 RG31 7DXFebruary 2023

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

RG31 5YN

Where the new postcodes lie together

14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG31 7DU, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG31 5DU, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in RG31?

Ofcom reports on 635 of the 639 postcodes in RG31. At 596 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit596 of 635

Postcodes where every home can get superfast625 of 635

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is RG31 at risk of flooding?

2 of the 639 postcodes in RG31 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 639 postcodes High: 2Low: 1Very low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in RG31?

Homes in RG31 sold for a typical £415,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 328 sales, down 0.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£415,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£417,250 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 0.5% on the 12 months before

Detached £560,000 78 sales
Semi-detached £425,000 133 sales
Terraced £353,500 84 sales
Flat or maisonette £187,500 33 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it