# RG4 5HJ: area report for a postcode in Reading

RG4 5HJ is a postcode in Reading.

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 Reading. Open the map at RG4 5HJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) › [RG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg4) › [RG4 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg4-5)

## Around this postcode

- **8 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 60% on July. Reading 003C: 23 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **Reading, 1.6 km**: About 20 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **No property in RG4 5HJ 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=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Reading 003C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **£349,550 average price**: For the whole of Reading, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 540 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 550 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at RG4 5HJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **Low road and rail noise at RG4 5HJ**: Road under 40 dB or not modelled, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% 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=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ
- **10.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Caversham Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caversham-preparatory-school-e110177) | Independent | 130 m (2 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Queen Anne's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queen-annes-school-e110109) | Independent | 280 m (3 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Anne's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-annes-catholic-primary-school-e110003) | Primary | 520 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Caversham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caversham-primary-school-e109778) | Primary | 620 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-hill-primary-school-e109788) | Primary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2023 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Thameside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thameside-primary-school-e109800) | Primary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [New Bridge Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-bridge-nursery-school-e109752) | Nursery | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, October 2023 | – |
| [Micklands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/micklands-primary-school-e109926) | Primary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2025 | £995,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| April 2026 | £750,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| October 2025 | £312,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| January 2026 | £260,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| April 2026 | £340,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| October 2025 | £365,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| November 2025 | £575,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| June 2026 | £237,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: BALMORE PARK SURGERY (540 m)
- Pharmacies: MARKAND PHARMACY (510 m); CAVERSHAM PHARMACY (540 m); BOOTS (840 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (630 m); CAVERSHAM HEIGHTS DENTAL PRACTICE (970 m); 20 BRIDGE STREET (DENTAL SURGERY) (990 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Caversham - Henley Road (550 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Emmer Green Esso Express (660 m, Tesco); Co-op Caversham (680 m, The Co-operative Group); Waitrose Caversham (790 m, Waitrose); Tesco Caversham Esso Express (820 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £349,550** (July 2026). Reading’s average house price was £349,550 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.2% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £40,700** (2025). Full-time workers living in Reading earned a median of £40,700 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 126th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.6×** (2025). A home in Reading costs 8.6 times local full-time pay. Joint 101st 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: 18.6** (2025). Reading has a deprivation score of 18.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 142nd least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Reading 003C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 2.5** (2025). Reading 003C has a deprivation score of 2.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 607th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £540,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Reading 003C was £540,000 in 2025. Joint 3,748th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,696** (2021). Reading 003C had 1,696 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,685th most 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: 99.9%** (January 2026). In Reading 003C, 99.9% 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.

## RG4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £490,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RG4 was £490,000 in 2025. Joint 299th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 40,889** (2021). RG4 had 40,889 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 428th 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: 98%** (2022). About 98% of people in RG4 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: 95.0%** (January 2026). In RG4, 95.0% 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: [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading)
- Centre: 51.4726, -0.9661

Council: [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Reading Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/reading-central): Matt Rodda (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=-0.9661,51.4726,RG45HJ

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