RG21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Basingstoke and Kings Furlong, in Basingstoke and Deane.
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 RG21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RG21, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RG21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG21 at a rate of 130.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across RG.
In August 2026 alone, 354 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,634), other crime (757) and anti-social behaviour (558).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG21 was 136.7 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 RG21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG21 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke and Deane 008D | 2,569 | 107.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 009A | 1,912 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.9% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 009B | 1,654 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 009D | 1,611 | 112.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 009E | 1,680 | 102.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 009F | 1,302 | 119.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.4% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 011B | 1,587 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.9% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 011C | 1,317 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.9% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 011D | 1,542 | 64.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.8% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 011E | 1,382 | 244.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.3% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 011F | 2,059 | 415.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 55.6% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 012A | 1,981 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 012B | 1,649 | 190.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.5% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 012D | 1,738 | 344.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.8% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 012E | 1,777 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 012F | 1,689 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.0% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 016D | 1,665 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 73.5% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 016E | 1,752 | 160.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
MPs for RG21
- Luke MurphyLabourMP for Basingstoke100% of RG21’s postcodes
- Kit MalthouseConservativeMP for North West Hampshire0.3% of RG21’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 RG213
Postcode sectors in RG216
Council1
Towns in RG211
Postcode districts next to RG214
Nearest rail stations1
More in the RG postcode area2
RG21 in brief
RG21 is a postcode district covering Basingstoke and Kings Furlong, in Basingstoke and Deane.
About 31,444 people lived in RG21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £299,950 in 2025 across 431 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 130.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG21 was £299,950 in 2025.
RG21 had 29,845 usual residents at the census.
In RG21, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RG21, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.