# RG12 8GQ: area report for a postcode in Bracknell Forest

RG12 8GQ is a postcode in Bracknell Forest.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Bracknell Forest. Open the map at RG12 8GQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) › [RG12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg12) › [RG12 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg12-8)

## Around this postcode

- **17 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 55% on July. Bracknell Forest 009F: 73 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **Bracknell, 2.5 km**: About 32 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 360 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **No property in RG12 8GQ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Bracknell Forest 009F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **£395,413 average price**: For the whole of Bracknell Forest, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 530 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 910 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at RG12 8GQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **Low road and rail noise at RG12 8GQ**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ
- **10.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [King's Academy Easthampstead Park](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-academy-easthampstead-park-e149365) | Secondary | 360 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 41.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Great Hollands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-hollands-primary-school-e144628) | Primary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Jennett's Park CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/jennetts-park-cofe-primary-school-e144608) | Primary | 620 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wooden Hill Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wooden-hill-primary-and-nursery-school-e151628) | Primary | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | Some aspects not as strong, November 2024 | – |
| [St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-margaret-clitherow-catholic-primary-school-bracknell-e142319) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Pines School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-pines-school-e134740) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hawthorn Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hawthorn-academy-e151771) | Special | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-easthampstead-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-e110010) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2026 | £390,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2025 | £565,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| August 2023 | £285,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| August 2025 | £385,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| November 2025 | £330,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| September 2024 | £365,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| February 2026 | £480,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| February 2025 | £560,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: GREAT HOLLANDS PRACTICE (530 m)
- Pharmacies: GREAT HOLLANDS PHARMACY (560 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Jennetts Park Bracknell (910 m, The Co-operative Group); Co-op Hanworth (960 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £395,413** (July 2026). Bracknell Forest’s average house price was £395,413 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £43,206** (2025). Full-time workers living in Bracknell Forest earned a median of £43,206 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 84th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.2×** (2025). A home in Bracknell Forest costs 9.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 78th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 10.1** (2025). Bracknell Forest has a deprivation score of 10.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 26th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Bracknell Forest 009F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 23.1** (2025). Bracknell Forest 009F has a deprivation score of 23.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,326th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £338,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bracknell Forest 009F was £338,000 in 2025. Joint 12,540th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,230** (2021). Bracknell Forest 009F had 1,230 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,107th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In Bracknell Forest 009F, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## RG12 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £375,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RG12 was £375,000 in 2025. Joint 674th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 59,153** (2021). RG12 had 59,153 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 99th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in RG12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.5%** (January 2026). In RG12, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest)
- Centre: 51.3971, -0.7780

Council: [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bracknell](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bracknell): Peter Swallow (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.7780,51.3971,RG128GQ

## How to cite

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