# RG5

Postcode district covering Woodley, in Wokingham.

RG5 is a postcode district covering Woodley, in Wokingham. Median sale price £450,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 40.8 per 1,000 people. About 28,720 people.

Postcode district. Code RG5. 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 RG5 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=RG5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 7% of people in RG5 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=RG5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 387 homes were sold in RG5 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=RG5) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for RG5.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=RG5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): RG5 had 28,019 usual residents at the census.

## How RG5 compares

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

| Measure | RG5 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £450,000 | joint 14th most expensive | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2025 |
| Population | 28,019 | 15th least populated | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 7% | 7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.0% | 6th highest | 30 postcode districts, RG · Jan 2026 |

## Is RG5 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG5 at a rate of 40.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 93 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (497), other crime (228) and anti-social behaviour (143).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG5 was 43.7 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 RG5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG5 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in RG5

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wokingham 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016621) | 1,548 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| [Wokingham 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016623) | 1,525 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| [Wokingham 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016624) | 1,398 | 16.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016684) | 1,585 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [Wokingham 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016622) | 1,164 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| [Wokingham 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016658) | 2,748 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.3% |
| [Wokingham 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016659) | 1,410 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [Wokingham 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016660) | 1,706 | 19.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016615) | 1,524 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Wokingham 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016616) | 1,639 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| [Wokingham 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016617) | 2,067 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.8% |
| [Wokingham 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016662) | 1,757 | 90.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.3% |
| [Wokingham 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016661) | 1,301 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Wokingham 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016663) | 1,606 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| [Wokingham 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016686) | 1,141 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| [Wokingham 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016687) | 1,231 | 18.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016688) | 2,120 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.8% |
| [Wokingham 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016689) | 1,375 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Earley and Woodley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/earley-and-woodley): Yuan Yang (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wokingham): Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.2% 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 RG5

[Sonning & Woodley North](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/sonning-and-woodley-north), [Southlake](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/southlake), [Woodley East](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/woodley-east), [Woodley South](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/woodley-south)

## Postcode sectors in RG5

[RG5 3 (210 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5-3), [RG5 4 (294 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5-4)

## Council

[Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham)

## Towns in RG5

[Woodley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/woodley)

## Postcode districts next to RG5

[RG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg4), [RG6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6), [RG10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg10), [RG41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg41)

## Nearest rail stations

[Earley (1.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.9180,51.4411), [Winnersh Triangle (1.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8913,51.4367), [Winnersh (2.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8769,51.4303), [Twyford (3.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8633,51.4755)

## 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)

## RG5 in brief

RG5 is a postcode district covering Woodley, in Wokingham.
About 28,720 people lived in RG5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 387 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG5 was £450,000 in 2025.
RG5 had 28,019 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in RG5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG5, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: RG5
- Postcode area: [RG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg)
- Constituency: [Earley and Woodley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/earley-and-woodley)
- Council: [Wokingham †](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham)
- Area: 8.25 km²
- People, mid-2024: 28,720*
- Neighbourhoods: 18
- Output areas: 87

* 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

[RG10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg10), [RG6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6), [RG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg4), [RG41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg41)

## Latest updates for RG5

- 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/RG5

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5#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/rg5