# RG6 5QR: area report for a postcode in Wokingham

RG6 5QR 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 RG6 5QR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) › [RG6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6) › [RG6 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6-5)

## Around this postcode

- **1 crime within 500 m**: August, down 92% on July. Wokingham 008I: 13 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **Earley, 1.4 km**: About 18 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 460 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **No property in RG6 5QR 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=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Wokingham 008I. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **£496,537 average price**: For the whole of Wokingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.5 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at RG6 5QR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **Low road and rail noise at RG6 5QR**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **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=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR
- **10.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Radstock Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/radstock-primary-school-e149955) | Primary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2022, before the school changed | – |
| [Whiteknights Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whiteknights-primary-school-e148800) | Primary | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 95% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Aldryngton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aldryngton-primary-school-e109850) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Maiden Erlegh School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maiden-erlegh-school-e136637) | Secondary | 840 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | Attainment 8 of 59.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Leighton Park School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leighton-park-school-e110110) | Independent | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Hillside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hillside-primary-school-e149957) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2023 | – |
| [Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/earley-st-peters-church-of-england-primary-school-e144571) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Ridgeway Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ridgeway-primary-school-e109789) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2025 | £511,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| February 2025 | £695,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| December 2023 | £703,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| May 2024 | £560,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| April 2026 | £410,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| July 2025 | £565,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 220 m |
| September 2023 | £656,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 220 m |
| October 2025 | £515,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 230 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: BOOTS (710 m); ASDA PHARMACY (830 m); BOOTS (830 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (990 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Silverdale Rd Express (740 m, Tesco); Asda Lower Earley Supercentre (820 m, Asda); Tesco Reading Shinfield Express (960 m, Tesco); EG - OTM - Lower Earley (970 m, Spar); Budgens Lower Earley (970 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 008I (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 1.3** (2025). Wokingham 008I has a deprivation score of 1.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 92nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £660,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wokingham 008I was £660,000 in 2025. Joint 1,927th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,431** (2021). Wokingham 008I had 1,431 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,606th least 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: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Wokingham 008I, 100.0% 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.

## RG6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RG6 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: 39,922** (2021). RG6 had 39,922 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 462nd 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: 8%** (2022). About 8% of people in RG6 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: 99.5%** (January 2026). In RG6, 99.5% 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: 51.4322, -0.9332

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=-0.9332,51.4322,RG65QR

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