RG6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Reading, The Parade and Earley, in Wokingham and Reading.
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 RG6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RG6, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RG6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG6 at a rate of 53.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across RG.
In August 2026 alone, 194 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (826), other crime (431) and shoplifting (260).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG6 was 56.4 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 RG6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG6 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 18 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading 010B | 1,887 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Reading 012B | 2,139 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Wokingham 006A | 1,527 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Wokingham 006B | 1,539 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 006C | 1,324 | 20.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 006D | 1,318 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wokingham 006E | 1,709 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| Wokingham 006F | 1,959 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Wokingham 008B | 1,230 | 8.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 008C | 1,396 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 008D | 1,575 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wokingham 008E | 1,408 | 17.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 008H | 2,765 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Wokingham 008I | 1,431 | 13.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 009A | 1,833 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wokingham 011A | 1,454 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wokingham 011B | 1,533 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Wokingham 011C | 1,610 | 18.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wokingham 011D | 1,461 | 148.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 011E | 1,430 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 012A | 1,470 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 012B | 1,380 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 012C | 1,292 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for RG6
- Yuan YangLabourMP for Earley and Woodley90% of RG6’s postcodes
- Matt RoddaLabourMP for Reading Central10% of RG6’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in RG63
Postcode sectors in RG67
Councils RG6 covers2
Towns in RG61
Postcode districts next to RG65
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RG postcode area2
RG6 in brief
RG6 is a postcode district covering Reading, The Parade and Earley, in Wokingham and Reading.
About 40,580 people lived in RG6 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 446 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG6 was £450,000 in 2025.
RG6 had 39,922 usual residents at the census.
In RG6, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RG6, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.