RG1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Reading, Coley and New Town, in Reading.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an RG1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RG1, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RG1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG1 at a rate of 178.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across RG.
In August 2026 alone, 904 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,021), other crime (2,102) and shoplifting (1,861).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG1 was 160.4 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in RG1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG1 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading 007A | 1,897 | 190.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.3% |
| Reading 007B | 1,909 | 159.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Reading 010C | 2,195 | 236.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Reading 010D | 2,181 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Reading 010E | 1,603 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Reading 010F | 1,213 | 256.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Reading 010G | 2,450 | 146.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.7% |
| Reading 012A | 1,438 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.6% |
| Reading 012C | 2,023 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Reading 012D | 1,762 | 184.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Reading 012E | 1,608 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Reading 013A | 1,473 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Reading 013B | 1,856 | 84.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Reading 013C | 1,611 | 191.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Reading 013E | 1,965 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.4% |
| Reading 014A | 1,779 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Reading 014D | 2,151 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| Reading 014E | 1,787 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| Reading 014F | 1,830 | 118.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Reading 019A | 1,433 | 159.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| Reading 019B | 2,169 | 1,013.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 62.4% |
| Reading 019C | 2,095 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.4% |
| Reading 019D | 1,380 | 174.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Reading 020A | 1,804 | 132.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Reading 020B | 1,284 | 439.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.0% |
| Reading 020C | 1,360 | 126.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Reading 020D | 1,690 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.7% |
| Reading 020E | 2,101 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
MPs for RG1
- Matt RoddaLabourMP for Reading Central93% of RG1’s postcodes
- Yuan YangLabourMP for Earley and Woodley6.9% of RG1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in RG16
Postcode sectors in RG19
Council1
Towns in RG11
Postcode districts next to RG14
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RG postcode area2
RG1 in brief
RG1 is a postcode district covering Reading, Coley and New Town, in Reading.
About 54,156 people lived in RG1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £301,000 in 2025 across 558 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 178.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG1 was £301,000 in 2025.
RG1 had 49,538 usual residents at the census.
In RG1, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RG1, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.