Reading
Reading is covered by postcode districts RG1, RG2, RG6, RG8, RG30, RG31 and 7 more. It is mostly in the Reading council area: 3,053 of its 4,333 postcodes. The others are in Wokingham and West Berkshire.
Every postcode in Reading, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 212
- In use before 2020: 4,121
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 4,333 postcodes in Reading that ONS places, 212 are new since 2020 and 4,121 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 51.4470, longitude -0.9828. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 54 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG19 9QB, is the newest of them.
- 21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG6 9WT, is the newest of them.
- 18 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG1 3GW, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG31 7DU, is the newest of them.
- 12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG1 1LN, is the newest of them.
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG1 7HF, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Reading?
Homes sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 3,712 of the 3,991 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 965 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 306 of its 4,333 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Reading West, 1.1 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 Reading?
Homes in Reading sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,772 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £576,500 267 sales
- Semi-detached £420,000 489 sales
- Terraced £335,000 593 sales
- Flat or maisonette £215,000 423 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole RG1 district, Reading's main postcode district: a typical £294,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Reading: 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 Reading?
212 of the 4,333 postcodes now in use in Reading came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 2,295 homes sold in Reading were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RG1 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 Reading | Across the RG1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 1,772 (Under 1%) | 0 of 419 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 20 of 2,295 (Under 1%) | 2 of 573 (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 Reading?
Ofcom reports on 3,991 of the 4,333 postcodes in Reading. At 3,712 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 Reading at risk of flooding?
306 of the 4,333 postcodes in Reading 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 965 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 Reading?
The open schools at the postcodes in Reading (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
- Coley Primary School500 m 250 pupils, 270 places
- All Saints Church of England Aided Infant School650 m 60 pupils, 60 places
- All Saints Junior School650 m 99 pupils, 100 places
- St Mary & All Saints Church of England Primary School650 m 322 pupils, 420 places
- Katesgrove Primary School800 m 674 pupils, 708 places
- St Edward's Prep950 m 147 pupils, 186 places
- Oxford Road Community School1.0 km 244 pupils, 292 places
- New Christ Church Church of England Primary School1.2 km 185 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 Reading?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Reading is Reading West Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- Reading West Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Reading Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- Reading Rail Station Railway station 1.5 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 Reading?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Reading, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Coley Park Surgery Phone 0118 907 9976 300 mWalk
- Chatham Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 0118 950 5121 950 mWalk
- Abbey Medical Centre Phone 0118 957 3752 1.0 kmWalk
- Broad Street Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2025 · Phone 0118 902 8300 1.0 kmWalk
- Milman & Kennet Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0118 986 2286 1.1 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Reading safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 8,182 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Reading 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
- 647 September 2025
- 635 October 2025
- 569 November 2025
- 598 December 2025
- 616 January 2026
- 622 February 2026
- 708 March 2026
- 705 April 2026
- 761 May 2026
- 705 June 2026
- 825 July 2026
- 791 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: bicycle theft 192, drugs 185, theft from the person 151, other crime 143, robbery 138, possession of weapons 57.
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 Reading?
- Councils
- Reading (3,053), Wokingham (729) and West Berkshire (551)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Reading Central (1,813), Earley and Woodley (1,347), Reading West and Mid Berkshire (1,172) and 1 other
- 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 Reading
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Reading 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 Reading
- 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
Reading postcodes
4,333 postcodes in use in Reading, by district:
Those districts are all in the RG postcode area.
Check a Reading postcode
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 Reading
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Reading's £355,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Reading
- What is it like to live in Reading?
- Homes sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 3,712 of the 3,991 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 965 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 306 of its 4,333 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Reading West, 1.1 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 Reading?
- Reading is covered by postcode districts RG1, RG2, RG6, RG8, RG30, RG31 and 7 more, across 4,333 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Reading?
- Homes in Reading sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,772 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Reading?
- In Reading, primary schools at its postcodes include Coley Primary School, All Saints Church of England Aided Infant School and All Saints Junior School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The WREN School, Horizons Ap Academy and Kendrick School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Reading have a railway station?
- Yes: Reading West is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Reading, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Reading?
- Ofcom reports on 3,991 of the 4,333 postcodes in Reading. At 3,712 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Reading at risk of flooding?
- 306 of the 4,333 postcodes in Reading 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 965 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 Reading?
- 212 of the 4,333 postcodes now in use in Reading came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 2,295 homes sold in Reading were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RG1 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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