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

RG5 3RJ 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 3RJ 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

- **20 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 51% on July. Wokingham 007B: 31 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **Earley, 730 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 570 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **No property in RG5 3RJ 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=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Wokingham 007B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **£496,537 average price**: For the whole of Wokingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 970 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 580 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at RG5 3RJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at RG5 3RJ**: Road 57 dB, rail 41 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **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=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ
- **12.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Lake Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/south-lake-primary-school-e150004) | Primary | 570 m (7 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Loddon Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/loddon-primary-school-e131192) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rivermead Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rivermead-primary-school-e149521) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hawkedon Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hawkedon-primary-school-e149956) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Ambleside Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ambleside-centre-e109759) | Nursery | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Beechwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beechwood-primary-school-e147023) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Maiden Erlegh School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maiden-erlegh-school-e136637) | Secondary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | Attainment 8 of 59.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Highwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highwood-primary-school-e149998) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2021, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2024 | £471,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2024 | £540,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| August 2024 | £420,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| January 2025 | £450,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2024 | £335,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| July 2026 | £440,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| June 2026 | £396,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| March 2023 | £485,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Earley (730 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE (970 m)
- Dental practices: READING DENTAL SPA (440 m); THE HAVEN DENTAL PRACTICE (720 m); GIPSY LANE ADVANCED DENTAL CARE (870 m)
- Supermarkets: Budgens Earley Reading (580 m, Budgens)

## 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 007B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 5.9** (2025). Wokingham 007B has a deprivation score of 5.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,841st least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £460,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wokingham 007B was £460,000 in 2025. Joint 5,976th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,606** (2021). Wokingham 007B had 1,606 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 17,807th 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: 99.3%** (January 2026). In Wokingham 007B, 99.3% 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.

## 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: 51.4413, -0.9075

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)
- [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=-0.9075,51.4413,RG53RJ

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