RG24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Basingstoke, Houndmills and Chineham, 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 RG24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RG24, 85.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RG24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG24 at a rate of 68.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across RG.
In August 2026 alone, 269 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,277), other crime (546) and anti-social behaviour (448).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG24 was 68.7 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 RG24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG24 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke and Deane 005E | 1,767 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 74.0% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 005G | 1,275 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.1% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 005H | 1,375 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 006A | 1,442 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 006C | 1,333 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.8% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 006D | 1,509 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 006F | 1,922 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 007B | 1,252 | 95.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 007C | 2,539 | 117.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.0% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 007E | 1,236 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 007F | 1,639 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 66.4% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 007H | 1,963 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 007I | 2,944 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.4% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 007K | 1,506 | 69.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.1% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 007L | 1,851 | 104.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 008A | 1,842 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.6% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 008B | 1,468 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 008C | 2,459 | 77.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.0% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 010G | 2,655 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.2% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 010H | 1,063 | 179.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 44.3% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 010I | 2,196 | 69.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 017A | 1,615 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.0% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 017C | 1,549 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.3% |
MPs for RG24
- Luke MurphyLabourMP for Basingstoke44% of RG24’s postcodes
- Kit MalthouseConservativeMP for North West Hampshire34% of RG24’s postcodes
- Alex BrewerLiberal DemocratMP for North East Hampshire22% of RG24’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 RG245
Postcode sectors in RG244
Council1
Towns in RG241
Postcode districts next to RG245
Nearest rail stations2
More in the RG postcode area2
RG24 in brief
RG24 is a postcode district covering Basingstoke, Houndmills and Chineham, in Basingstoke and Deane.
About 43,038 people lived in RG24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £355,000 in 2025 across 576 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG24 was £355,000 in 2025.
RG24 had 39,682 usual residents at the census.
In RG24, 85.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RG24, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.