# RG42 2AB: area report for a postcode in Bracknell Forest

RG42 2AB is a postcode in Bracknell Forest.

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 Bracknell Forest. Open the map at RG42 2AB for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) › [RG42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg42) › [RG42 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg42-2)

## Around this postcode

- **87 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 19% on July. Bracknell Forest 003B: 85 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **Bracknell, 650 m**: About 8 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 430 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **No property in RG42 2AB 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=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Bracknell Forest 003B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **£395,413 average price**: For the whole of Bracknell Forest, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 190 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 90 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at RG42 2AB**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **Loud road and rail noise at RG42 2AB**: Road 69 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB
- **11.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Garth Hill College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/garth-hill-college-e110069) | Secondary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | Attainment 8 of 42.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Sandy Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sandy-lane-primary-school-e149386) | Primary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ranelagh School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ranelagh-school-e137267) | Secondary | 990 m (12 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 56.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-bracknell-e110027) | Primary | 990 m (12 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Kennel Lane School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kennel-lane-school-e150388) | Special | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [King's Academy Meadow Vale](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-academy-meadow-vale-e151266) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2019 | – |
| [The Brakenhale School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-brakenhale-school-e142577) | Secondary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 47.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Holly Spring Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holly-spring-primary-school-e109807) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2025 | £481,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 30 m |
| March 2023 | £385,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| September 2025 | £315,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| December 2024 | £370,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| November 2025 | £390,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| May 2026 | £190,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 210 m |
| November 2025 | £375,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |
| January 2024 | £385,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 220 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Bracknell (650 m, 8 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: EVERGREEN PRACTICE (190 m); FOREST HEALTH GROUP-MOUNT LANE (750 m)
- Pharmacies: SUPERDRUG PHARMACY (370 m); BOOTS (370 m); PRIESTWOOD PHARMACY (840 m)
- Dental practices: COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC (190 m); ALSTON HOUSE DENTAL SURGERY (420 m); DENTAL SURGERY (430 m); UNIT 6 ALSTON HOUSE (450 m); PARK HOUSE DENTAL SURGERY (920 m)
- Supermarkets: Waitrose Bracknell (90 m, Waitrose); M&S Bracknell (170 m, Marks and Spencer); Tesco Bracknell Express (460 m, Tesco); M&S Bracknell BP (580 m, Marks and Spencer); Asda Twin Bridges Express Petrol (620 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £395,413** (July 2026). Bracknell Forest’s average house price was £395,413 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £43,206** (2025). Full-time workers living in Bracknell Forest earned a median of £43,206 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 84th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.2×** (2025). A home in Bracknell Forest costs 9.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 78th 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: 10.1** (2025). Bracknell Forest has a deprivation score of 10.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 26th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Bracknell Forest 003B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.7** (2025). Bracknell Forest 003B has a deprivation score of 8.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,099th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £465,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bracknell Forest 003B was £465,500 in 2025. Joint 5,803rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,623** (2021). Bracknell Forest 003B had 1,623 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,986th 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: 90.5%** (January 2026). In Bracknell Forest 003B, 90.5% 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.

## RG42 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £512,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RG42 was £512,000 in 2025. 260th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 29,036** (2021). RG42 had 29,036 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 977th 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: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in RG42 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: 98.1%** (January 2026). In RG42, 98.1% 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: [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest)
- Centre: 51.4189, -0.7530

Council: [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bracknell](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bracknell): Peter Swallow (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=-0.7530,51.4189,RG422AB

## How to cite

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