RG4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Caversham, Emmer Green and Hemdean Bottom, in Reading and South Oxfordshire.
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 RG4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RG4, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RG4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG4 at a rate of 50.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across RG.
In August 2026 alone, 184 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (704), shoplifting (382) and other crime (373).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG4 was 45.8 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 RG4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG4 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading 001A | 1,571 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| Reading 001B | 1,443 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Reading 001C | 1,802 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Reading 001D | 1,653 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| Reading 001E | 1,530 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Reading 002A | 1,514 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| Reading 002B | 1,576 | 15.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| Reading 002C | 1,754 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Reading 002D | 1,452 | 19.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Reading 002E | 1,454 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Reading 003A | 1,436 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| Reading 003B | 1,863 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Reading 003C | 1,696 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Reading 003D | 1,922 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Reading 003E | 1,669 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Reading 004A | 1,806 | 187.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Reading 004B | 1,947 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Reading 004C | 1,699 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Reading 004D | 1,593 | 160.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Reading 004E | 1,655 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| South Oxfordshire 020A | 1,677 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 58.8% |
| South Oxfordshire 020B | 1,611 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.5% |
| South Oxfordshire 020C | 1,502 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.2% |
| South Oxfordshire 020D | 1,370 | 9.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.3% |
| Wokingham 003E | 1,615 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 76.5% |
MPs for RG4
- Matt RoddaLabourMP for Reading Central70% of RG4’s postcodes
- Freddie van MierloLiberal DemocratMP for Henley and Thame25% of RG4’s postcodes
- Yuan YangLabourMP for Earley and Woodley5.0% of RG4’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 RG45
Postcode sectors in RG45
Councils RG4 covers2
Towns in RG41
Postcode districts next to RG48
Nearest rail stations3
More in the RG postcode area2
RG4 in brief
RG4 is a postcode district covering Caversham, Emmer Green and Hemdean Bottom, in Reading and South Oxfordshire.
About 40,732 people lived in RG4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £490,000 in 2025 across 598 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG4 was £490,000 in 2025.
RG4 had 40,889 usual residents at the census.
In RG4, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RG4, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.