# RG5 3AQ: area report for a postcode in Wokingham

RG5 3AQ is a postcode in Wokingham.

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 Wokingham. Open the map at RG5 3AQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) › [RG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5) › [RG5 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5-3)

## Around this postcode

- **16 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 100% on July. Wokingham 005A: 73 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **Earley, 1.9 km**: About 23 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 430 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **No property in RG5 3AQ 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=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Wokingham 005A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **£496,537 average price**: For the whole of Wokingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 800 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 440 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **100% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **Low road and rail noise at RG5 3AQ**: Road 50 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **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=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ
- **10.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-dominic-savio-catholic-primary-school-e110041) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Bulmershe School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-bulmershe-school-e149611) | Secondary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | Attainment 8 of 50.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Addington School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/addington-school-e151046) | Special | 610 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, March 2023 | – |
| [Highwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highwood-primary-school-e149998) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2021, before the school changed | – |
| [The Ambleside Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ambleside-centre-e109759) | Nursery | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Beechwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beechwood-primary-school-e147023) | Primary | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Willow Bank Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willow-bank-infant-school-e149953) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2022 | – |
| [Willow Bank Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willow-bank-junior-school-e149954) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £446,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| January 2026 | £574,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| November 2023 | £490,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| September 2024 | £360,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| September 2025 | £740,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| March 2025 | £490,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| April 2024 | £380,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 240 m |
| November 2025 | £880,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 240 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: WOODLEY PRACTICE (800 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (750 m)
- Dental practices: WOODLEY DENTAL PRACTICE (750 m)
- Supermarkets: M&S Woodley Reading SF (440 m, Marks and Spencer); M&S Sonning Cutting Reading BP (570 m, Marks and Spencer); Morrisons Daily Reading Woodley (700 m, Morrisons); Lidl Woodley Reading (760 m, Lidl); Iceland Woodley Reading (760 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £496,537** (July 2026). Wokingham’s average house price was £496,537 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £52,222** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wokingham earned a median of £52,222 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 7th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.5×** (2025). A home in Wokingham costs 9.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 66th 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: 6.1** (2025). Wokingham has a deprivation score of 6.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 2nd least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wokingham 005A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 21.1** (2025). Wokingham 005A has a deprivation score of 21.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,802nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,524** (2021). Wokingham 005A had 1,524 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,232nd 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: 99.8%** (January 2026). In Wokingham 005A, 99.8% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 4.6%** (August 2026). In Wokingham 005A, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## RG5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RG5 was £450,000 in 2025. Joint 412th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 28,019** (2021). RG5 had 28,019 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,027th 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: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in RG5 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: 97.0%** (January 2026). In RG5, 97.0% 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: [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham)
- Centre: 51.4576, -0.9134

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

## Your MP

- [Earley and Woodley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/earley-and-woodley): Yuan Yang (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)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [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=-0.9134,51.4576,RG53AQ

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