Caversham
Caversham is covered by postcode district RG4. It is mostly in the Reading council area: 688 of its 690 postcodes. The others are in South Oxfordshire. 2 of its 690 postcodes are in Oxfordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 688.
Every postcode in Caversham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 685
Of the 690 postcodes in Caversham that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 685 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. 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 51.4761, longitude -0.9691. 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
What is it like to live in Caversham?
Homes sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.2% on the 12 months before. At 656 of the 689 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,882 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 125 of its 690 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Reading, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Caversham?
Homes in Caversham sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 387 sales, down 2.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £700,000 85 sales
- Semi-detached £522,000 108 sales
- Terraced £406,000 110 sales
- Flat or maisonette £250,000 84 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole RG4 district, Caversham's main postcode district: a typical £487,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Caversham: 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
Are new homes being built in Caversham?
5 of the 690 postcodes now in use in Caversham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 471 homes sold in Caversham were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RG4 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Caversham | Across the RG4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 387 (0%) | 0 of 482 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 2 of 471 (Under 1%) | 2 of 574 (Under 1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Caversham?
Ofcom reports on 689 of the 690 postcodes in Caversham. At 656 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Caversham at risk of flooding?
125 of the 690 postcodes in Caversham 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 1,882 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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
Which schools are in Caversham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Caversham (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Caversham Preparatory School350 m 68 pupils, 98 places
- Caversham Primary School550 m 414 pupils, 420 places
- The Hill Primary School750 m 410 pupils, 420 places
- Emmer Green Primary School800 m 417 pupils, 420 places
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School1.1 km 165 pupils, 210 places
- Thameside Primary School1.1 km 322 pupils, 420 places
- Micklands Primary School1.3 km 293 pupils, 420 places
- Caversham Park Primary School1.6 km 90 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Caversham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Caversham is Reading Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.
- Reading Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
- Reading Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
- Reading West Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Caversham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Caversham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Balmore Park Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 0118 947 1455 650 mWalk
- Emmer Green Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2024 · Phone 0118 948 6900 850 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Caversham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,820 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Caversham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 124 September 2025
- 137 October 2025
- 136 November 2025
- 149 December 2025
- 158 January 2026
- 154 February 2026
- 152 March 2026
- 153 April 2026
- 174 May 2026
- 173 June 2026
- 148 July 2026
- 162 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 40, bicycle theft 38, drugs 38, robbery 24, theft from the person 10, possession of weapons 6.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Caversham?
- Councils
- Reading (688) and South Oxfordshire (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Reading Central (688) and Henley and Thame (2)
- Police force area
- Thames Valley
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Caversham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Caversham is in Reading; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Reading about council tax Council tax, on reading.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Caversham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Caversham postcodes
690 postcodes in use in Caversham, by district:
That district is in the RG postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Caversham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Caversham's £450,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Caversham
- What is it like to live in Caversham?
- Homes sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.2% on the 12 months before. At 656 of the 689 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,882 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 125 of its 690 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Reading, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Caversham?
- Caversham is covered by postcode district RG4, across 690 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Caversham?
- Homes in Caversham sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 387 sales, down 2.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Caversham?
- In Caversham, primary schools at its postcodes include Caversham Preparatory School, Caversham Primary School and The Hill Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Queen Anne's School and Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Caversham have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Caversham is Reading, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Caversham?
- Ofcom reports on 689 of the 690 postcodes in Caversham. At 656 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Caversham at risk of flooding?
- 125 of the 690 postcodes in Caversham 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 1,882 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Caversham?
- 5 of the 690 postcodes now in use in Caversham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 471 homes sold in Caversham were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RG4 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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