# RG6

Postcode district covering Reading, The Parade and Earley, in Wokingham and Reading.

RG6 is a postcode district covering Reading, The Parade and Earley, in Wokingham and Reading. Median sale price £450,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code RG6. 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 RG6 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 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=RG6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 8% of people in RG6 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=RG6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 446 homes were sold in RG6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=RG6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for RG6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=RG6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): RG6 had 39,922 usual residents at the census.

## How RG6 compares

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

| Measure | RG6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £450,000 | joint 14th most expensive | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2025 |
| Population | 39,922 | 8th most populated | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 8% | 8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 99.5% | highest | 30 postcode districts, RG · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the RG postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in RG6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reading 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/reading/neighbourhood/e01016402) | 1,887 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Reading 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/reading/neighbourhood/e01016403) | 2,139 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| [Wokingham 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016613) | 1,527 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| [Wokingham 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016614) | 1,539 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016618) | 1,324 | 20.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016664) | 1,318 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Wokingham 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016668) | 1,709 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| [Wokingham 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016669) | 1,959 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| [Wokingham 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016652) | 1,230 | 8.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016653) | 1,396 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016665) | 1,575 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Wokingham 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016666) | 1,408 | 17.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 008H](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01035257) | 2,765 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| [Wokingham 008I](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01035258) | 1,431 | 13.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016647) | 1,833 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Wokingham 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016644) | 1,454 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Wokingham 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016645) | 1,533 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Wokingham 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016646) | 1,610 | 18.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Wokingham 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016648) | 1,461 | 148.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016649) | 1,430 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016651) | 1,470 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016654) | 1,380 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wokingham 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016655) | 1,292 | 32.7 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. 90% of the people here.
- [Reading Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/reading-central): Matt Rodda (Labour), MP since July 2024. 10% 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 RG6

[Earley](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/earley), [Lower Earley North](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/lower-earley-north), [Lower Earley South](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/lower-earley-south)

## Postcode sectors in RG6

[RG6 1 (154 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6-1), [RG6 3 (94 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6-3), [RG6 4 (125 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6-4), [RG6 5 (127 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6-5), [RG6 6 (68 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6-6), [RG6 7 (147 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6-7), [RG6 9 (35 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6-9)

## Councils RG6 covers

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

## Towns in RG6

[Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/town/reading)

## Postcode districts next to RG6

[RG1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg1), [RG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg2), [RG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg4), [RG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5), [RG41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg41)

## Nearest rail stations

[Earley (1.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.9180,51.4411), [Winnersh Triangle (2.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8913,51.4367), [Winnersh (3.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.8769,51.4303), [Reading (4.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.9719,51.4588)

## 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)

## 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.
About 8% of people in RG6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG6, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: RG6
- 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: 11.03 km²
- People, mid-2024: 40,580*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 115

* 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

[RG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg2), [RG5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg5), [RG1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg1), [RG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg4), [RG41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg41)

## Latest updates for RG6

- 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/RG6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6