# RG45

Postcode district covering Crowthorne and Broadmoor Estate, in Bracknell Forest and Wokingham.

RG45 is a postcode district covering Crowthorne and Broadmoor Estate, in Bracknell Forest and Wokingham. Median sale price £503,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code RG45. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [RG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg)

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 RG45 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £503,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RG45 was £503,500 in 2025. 273rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg45#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 14,774** (2021). RG45 had 14,774 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 999th least 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg45#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in RG45 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg45#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.2%** (January 2026). In RG45, 94.2% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg45#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=RG45) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in RG45 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=RG45) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 244 homes were sold in RG45 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=RG45) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for RG45.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=RG45) (Census 2021, England and Wales): RG45 had 14,774 usual residents at the census.

## How RG45 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | RG45 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £503,500 | 8th most expensive | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2025 |
| Population | 14,774 | 5th least populated | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.2% | 11th highest | 30 postcode districts, RG · Jan 2026 |

## Is RG45 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG45 at a rate of 49.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 94 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG45.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (304), other crime (166) and anti-social behaviour (106).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG45 was 46.5 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 RG45, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG45 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in RG45

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bracknell Forest 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest/neighbourhood/e01016206) | 1,941 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| [Bracknell Forest 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest/neighbourhood/e01016208) | 2,110 | 113.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| [Bracknell Forest 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest/neighbourhood/e01016230) | 1,914 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.4% |
| [Bracknell Forest 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest/neighbourhood/e01016207) | 2,005 | 116.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.1% |
| [Wokingham 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016706) | 1,704 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| [Wokingham 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016707) | 1,804 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| [Wokingham 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016708) | 1,608 | 11.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.0% |
| [Wokingham 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016709) | 1,663 | 20.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |

## Your MP

- [Bracknell](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bracknell): Peter Swallow (Labour), MP since July 2024. 62% of the people here.
- [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wokingham): Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 38% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in RG45

[Crowthorne North](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/crowthorne-north), [Crowthorne South](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest/crowthorne-south)

## Postcode sectors in RG45

[RG45 6 (290 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg45-6), [RG45 7 (167 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg45-7)

## Councils RG45 covers

[Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest), [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham)

## Towns in RG45

[Crowthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crowthorne)

## Postcode districts next to RG45

[GU47](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu47), [RG12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg12), [RG40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg40), [SL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sl5)

## Nearest rail stations

[Crowthorne (2.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8193,51.3667), [Sandhurst (Berks) (3.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8046,51.3469), [Blackwater (4.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.7767,51.3316), [Camberley (5.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.7443,51.3363)

## More in the RG postcode area

[All RG postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## RG45 in brief

RG45 is a postcode district covering Crowthorne and Broadmoor Estate, in Bracknell Forest and Wokingham.
About 15,961 people lived in RG45 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £503,500 in 2025 across 244 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG45 was £503,500 in 2025.
RG45 had 14,774 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in RG45 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG45, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: RG45
- Postcode area: [RG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg)
- Constituency: [Bracknell †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bracknell)
- Council: [Bracknell Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest)
- Area: 16.95 km²
- People, mid-2024: 15,961*
- Neighbourhoods: 8
- Output areas: 42

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[RG40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg40), [GU47](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu47), [RG12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg12), [SL5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sl5)

## Latest updates for RG45

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/RG45

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg45, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg45#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg45