RG42
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bracknell, Priestwood and Newell Green, in Bracknell Forest.
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 RG42 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RG42, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RG42 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG42 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG42 at a rate of 53.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across RG.
In August 2026 alone, 157 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG42.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (664), other crime (319) and anti-social behaviour (226).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG42 was 48.7 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 RG42, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG42 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG42
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknell Forest 001D | 1,406 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| Bracknell Forest 001F | 1,059 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| Bracknell Forest 001G | 1,814 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Bracknell Forest 002B | 1,442 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| Bracknell Forest 002D | 1,642 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| Bracknell Forest 002E | 1,927 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Bracknell Forest 002F | 1,811 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.0% |
| Bracknell Forest 002G | 1,360 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Bracknell Forest 002H | 1,323 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Bracknell Forest 002I | 1,100 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Bracknell Forest 002J | 1,488 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.0% |
| Bracknell Forest 003B | 1,623 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| Bracknell Forest 003C | 1,394 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Bracknell Forest 003D | 2,324 | 18.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Bracknell Forest 003E | 1,555 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bracknell Forest 003F | 1,770 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Bracknell Forest 004A | 1,561 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Bracknell Forest 004B | 1,666 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.9% |
| Bracknell Forest 004C | 1,652 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Bracknell Forest 004D | 2,078 | 186.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
MPs for RG42
- Mr Joshua ReynoldsLiberal DemocratMP for Maidenhead57% of RG42’s postcodes
- Peter SwallowLabourMP for Bracknell42% of RG42’s postcodes
- Clive JonesLiberal DemocratMP for Wokingham0.3% of RG42’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 RG424
Postcode sectors in RG428
Council1
Towns in RG421
Postcode districts next to RG426
Nearest rail stations2
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RG42 in brief
RG42 is a postcode district covering Bracknell, Priestwood and Newell Green, in Bracknell Forest.
About 31,681 people lived in RG42 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £512,000 in 2025 across 529 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG42 was £512,000 in 2025.
RG42 had 29,036 usual residents at the census.
In RG42, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RG42, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.