RG1 5PX postcode in Reading, England

RG1 5PX is a postcode in Reading, in the Redlands ward. It is in the Reading Central parliamentary constituency and the Thames Valley police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at RG1 5PX can get it Across Reading: 96% Typical price £303,000 Homes sold in RG1 5, last 12 months. ▼ 6.2% on the year before Nearest station Reading 2.0 km in a straight line

Where RG1 5PX is, and what is near it

Map of RG1 5PX and what is near it Map of RG1 5PX: its centre point, with the 177 other postcodes in the RG1 5 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 19 bus stops (6 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 100 m. RG1 5AZ: also in RG1 5RG1 5JH: also in RG1 5RG1 5JP: also in RG1 5RG1 5JT: also in RG1 5RG1 5LP: also in RG1 5RG1 5LU: also in RG1 5RG1 5LX: also in RG1 5RG1 5LY: also in RG1 5RG1 5LZ: also in RG1 5RG1 5NA: also in RG1 5RG1 5NB: also in RG1 5RG1 5NH: also in RG1 5RG1 5NJ: also in RG1 5RG1 5NL: also in RG1 5RG1 5NN: also in RG1 5RG1 5NR: also in RG1 5RG1 5NT: also in RG1 5RG1 5NW: also in RG1 5RG1 5PF: also in RG1 5RG1 5PG: also in RG1 5RG1 5PJ: also in RG1 5RG1 5PP: also in RG1 5RG1 5PR: also in RG1 5RG1 5PS: also in RG1 5RG1 5PT: also in RG1 5RG1 5PU: also in RG1 5RG1 5PW: also in RG1 5RG1 5PZ: also in RG1 5RG1 5QA: also in RG1 5RG1 5QB: also in RG1 5RG1 5QE: also in RG1 5RG1 5QG: also in RG1 5RG1 5QH: also in RG1 5RG1 5QJ: also in RG1 5RG1 5QL: also in RG1 5RG1 5QP: also in RG1 5RG1 5QR: also in RG1 5RG1 5QS: also in RG1 5RG1 5QW: also in RG1 5RG1 5QY: also in RG1 5RG1 5RA: also in RG1 5RG1 5RD: also in RG1 5RG1 5RG: also in RG1 5RG1 5RJ: also in RG1 5RG1 5RN: also in RG1 5RG1 5RX: also in RG1 5RG1 5SA: also in RG1 5RG1 5SE: also in RG1 5RG1 5SF: also in RG1 5RG1 5SH: also in RG1 5RG1 5SJ: also in RG1 5RG1 5SN: also in RG1 5RG1 5SQ: also in RG1 5 Bus stop 300 m2 bus stops, 350 m2 places, 400–900 mReading School 450 mSchool 450 mSchool 750 m2 railway stations, 2.0 kmRedlands RG1 5PX Map of RG1 5PX and what is near it Map of RG1 5PX: its centre point, with the 177 other postcodes in the RG1 5 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 19 bus stops (5 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. Bus stop 300 m2 railway stations, 2.0 kmRedlands RG1 5PX
  • RG1 5PX
  • Other postcodes in RG1 5: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 19 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.4484, longitude -0.9481)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after RG1 5PX?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at RG1 5PX?

Every home and business at RG1 5PX can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

RG1 5PX 100% Reading 96%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

RG1 5PX 100% Reading Over 99%
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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at RG1 5PX?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for RG1 5PX.

Check the bin days for RG1 5PX on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is RG1 5PX at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include RG1 5PX.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Reading

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for RG1 5PX: 1,468 properties in Reading are at high risk (1.8% of all its properties). All the figures for Reading

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of RG1 5PX is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near RG1 5PX?

Homes in RG1 5 sold for a typical £303,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 71 sales, down 6.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£303,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£323,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 6.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £623,300 12 sales
  • Terraced £317,500 32 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £243,500 24 sales

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

Across the whole RG1 district: a typical £294,000 from 419 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in RG1 5PX

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in RG1 5PX from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 6 June 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at RG1 5PX

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at RG1 5PX. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 23 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near RG1 5PX?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 620 homes in the neighbourhood around RG1 5PX. Over half of them (77%) are in council tax band C. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (77%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around RG1 5PX

Band D in Reading for 2026‑27: £2,613. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,742 (band A) to £3,774 (band F); band C, the most common, is £2,322.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 20 (3%)£1,742
Band Babout 40 (6%)£2,032
Band Cabout 480 (77%)£2,322
Band Dabout 40 (6%)£2,613
Band Eabout 20 (3%)£3,193
Band Fabout 20 (3%)£3,774
Band Gwithheld£4,355
Band Hfewer than 5£5,226

When the homes were built

  1. 77% Before 1900
  2. 11% 1900 to 1918
  3. 5% 1919 to 1939
  4. 2% 1945 to 1964
  5. 2% 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. 2% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. 2% 2020 or later

1983 to 1999, 2010 to 2019: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Reading before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of RG1 5PX is in (ONS area E01016418), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near RG1 5PX?

The nearest open schools to RG1 5PX, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near RG1 5PX, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to RG1 5PX?

The nearest railway station to the centre of RG1 5PX is Reading Rail Station, 2.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Reading Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
  • Reading Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

19 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Foxhill Road, 16 m away.

More stations near RG1 5PX, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near RG1 5PX?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of RG1 5PX, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near RG1 5PX?

0 within 1 km 20 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of RG1 5PX, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Pod Point Charging point · 4 chargers · Type 2 · up to 7 kW 1.3 kmCycle
  • Pod Point Charging point · 6 chargers · Type 2 · up to 22 kW 1.6 kmCycle
  • A charging point Charging point · 1 charger 1.6 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near RG1 5PX?

The nearest to the centre of RG1 5PX, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to RG1 5PX?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near RG1 5PX?

The nearest care homes to the centre of RG1 5PX, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near RG1 5PX?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of RG1 5PX, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near RG1 5PX?

The nearest vets to the centre of RG1 5PX on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is RG1 5PX in a conservation area?

The centre of RG1 5PX is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near RG1 5PX?

Police.uk records 347 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of RG1 5PX in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences112 reports
Anti-social behaviour45 reports
Shoplifting44 reports
Other theft32 reports
Public order30 reports
Vehicle crime25 reports

Also: criminal damage and arson 20, drugs 11, burglary 8, robbery 7, bicycle theft 6, other crime 4, theft from the person 2, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for RG1 5PX

Ward
Redlands
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Reading
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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RG1 5PZ50 mRG1 5NJ80 mRG1 5QS90 mRG1 5QG90 mRG1 5NT100 mRG1 5NN110 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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