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RG14

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Newbury, West Fields and Speenhamland, in West Berkshire.

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 RG14 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In RG14, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£350,000
789th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
41,659
398th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
83.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How RG14 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

RG14Middle
Median sale price30 postcode districts, RG · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in RG30 areas from £299,950 to £750,000. The middle area is £445,188. RG14 is £350,000.
£350,000joint 4th cheapest
Population30 postcode districts, RG · 2021
Population: every postcode district in RG30 areas from 6,442 to 59,153. The middle area is 28,111. RG14 is 41,659.
41,6596th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage30 postcode districts, RG · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in RG30 areas from 29.5% to 99.5%. The middle area is 90.8%. RG14 is 83.3%.
83.3%joint 9th lowest
Claimant rate30 postcode districts, RG · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in RG30 areas from 1.2% to 5.0%. The middle area is 2.3%. RG14 is 3.2%.
3.2%6th highest

Is RG14 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG14 at a rate of 92.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across RG.

In August 2026 alone, 374 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG14.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,407), other crime (745) and shoplifting (577).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG14 was 93.9 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 RG14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG14 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in RG14

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
West Berkshire 012A1,97186.6 per 1,000676.1%
West Berkshire 012B1,68380.1 per 1,000961.5%
West Berkshire 012C1,39158.6 per 1,000988.1%
West Berkshire 012D1,401112.1 per 1,000792.8%
West Berkshire 012E1,56449.5 per 1,000599.0%
West Berkshire 013A2,21785.7 per 1,000581.0%
West Berkshire 013B1,85163.6 per 1,000592.1%
West Berkshire 013C1,43035.9 per 1,000893.1%
West Berkshire 013D1,48032.0 per 1,000988.8%
West Berkshire 019B1,484216.3 per 1,000550.8%
West Berkshire 019D2,405111.6 per 1,000789.3%
West Berkshire 019E1,58560.8 per 1,000656.2%
West Berkshire 019G1,66355.2 per 1,000893.7%
West Berkshire 019H1,171196.1 per 1,000549.9%
West Berkshire 019I1,106588.3 per 1,000661.0%
West Berkshire 020A1,51956.7 per 1,0001099.9%
West Berkshire 020B1,481215.3 per 1,000293.4%
West Berkshire 020C2,02859.9 per 1,000790.6%
West Berkshire 020D1,83777.8 per 1,000774.7%
West Berkshire 020E1,44240.2 per 1,000896.7%
West Berkshire 021A1,42418.9 per 1,0001097.8%
West Berkshire 021B1,55740.0 per 1,000999.4%
West Berkshire 021C1,90321.0 per 1,0001095.5%
West Berkshire 021D1,62545.9 per 1,000899.4%
West Berkshire 021E1,634120.2 per 1,000683.5%
West Berkshire 021F1,44633.7 per 1,0001097.1%

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RG14 in brief

RG14 is a postcode district covering Newbury, West Fields and Speenhamland, in West Berkshire.

About 44,187 people lived in RG14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 771 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 92.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in RG14 was £350,000 in 2025.

RG14 had 41,659 usual residents at the census.

In RG14, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In RG14, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.