# RG4 8HQ: area report for a postcode in Reading

RG4 8HQ 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 8HQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) › [RG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg4) › [RG4 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg4-8)

## Around this postcode

- **9 crimes within 500 m**: August, the same as July. Reading 001D: 31 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **Reading, 3 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **No property in RG4 8HQ 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=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Reading 001D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **£349,550 average price**: For the whole of Reading, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 440 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 450 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at RG4 8HQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **Low road and rail noise at RG4 8HQ**: 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=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **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=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ
- **9.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Emmer Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/emmer-green-primary-school-e109794) | Primary | 310 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highdown-school-and-sixth-form-centre-e136307) | Secondary | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | Attainment 8 of 54.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-hill-primary-school-e109788) | Primary | 810 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2023 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Caversham Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caversham-park-primary-school-e109925) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Martin's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-martins-catholic-primary-school-e110038) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Caversham Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caversham-preparatory-school-e110177) | Independent | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Caversham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caversham-primary-school-e109778) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Micklands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/micklands-primary-school-e109926) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2025 | £700,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| May 2026 | £765,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| July 2026 | £425,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| July 2025 | £572,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| February 2025 | £611,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| April 2023 | £640,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 260 m |
| November 2025 | £850,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 280 m |
| June 2023 | £600,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 300 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: EMMER GREEN SURGERY (440 m)
- Pharmacies: EMMER GREEN PHARMACY (480 m)
- Supermarkets: Budgens Caversham Reading (450 m, Budgens); Tesco Emmer Green Esso Express (840 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 001D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 2.9** (2025). Reading 001D has a deprivation score of 2.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 916th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £700,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Reading 001D was £700,000 in 2025. Joint 1,529th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,653** (2021). Reading 001D had 1,653 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,557th 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: 98.3%** (January 2026). In Reading 001D, 98.3% 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: 51.4859, -0.9677

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=-0.9677,51.4859,RG48HQ

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