RG45 postcode district: Crowthorne and around

RG45 is a postcode district in England, with 457 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Crowthorne, Bracknell and Sandhurst. It is split between 2 councils: Bracknell Forest (283 postcodes) and Wokingham (174).

Postcodes in use: 457
Sectors: 2
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 3 places

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

Every postcode in RG45, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 50
In use before 2020: 407
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 457 postcodes in RG45 that ONS places, 50 are new since 2020 and 407 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.3723, longitude -0.7987. 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

RG45 6XLJuly 2026 RG45 6WWJune 2026 RG45 6XHMarch 2026 RG45 6XFFebruary 2026 RG45 7FQDecember 2025

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.

RG45 6GR

Where the new postcodes lie together

39 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG45 6XF, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in RG45?

Ofcom reports on 439 of the 457 postcodes in RG45. At 372 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit372 of 439

Postcodes where every home can get superfast415 of 439

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 439

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 RG45 at risk of flooding?

20 of the 457 postcodes in RG45 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 58 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 20 of 457 postcodes High: 45Medium: 13Low: 27

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 RG45?

Homes in RG45 sold for a typical £492,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 220 sales, down 8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£492,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£535,250 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 8% on the 12 months before

Detached £699,950 83 sales
Semi-detached £482,500 56 sales
Terraced £415,000 28 sales
Flat or maisonette £265,000 53 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