RG7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Burghfield Common and Spencers Wood, in West Berkshire and Wokingham.
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 RG7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RG7, 89.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RG7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG7 at a rate of 53.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across RG.
In August 2026 alone, 189 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (678), other crime (373) and anti-social behaviour (318).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG7 was 51.5 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 RG7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG7 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke and Deane 002A | 1,365 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.9% |
| West Berkshire 009A | 1,217 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| West Berkshire 009B | 1,923 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| West Berkshire 009C | 1,572 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.3% |
| West Berkshire 009D | 1,481 | 88.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.7% |
| West Berkshire 011A | 1,484 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.3% |
| West Berkshire 011B | 1,475 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.9% |
| West Berkshire 011C | 1,717 | 15.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| West Berkshire 011D | 1,553 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| West Berkshire 011E | 1,328 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| West Berkshire 015A | 1,484 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.3% |
| West Berkshire 015B | 1,733 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| West Berkshire 015D | 1,467 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| West Berkshire 022A | 1,696 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.6% |
| West Berkshire 022B | 1,928 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.0% |
| West Berkshire 022C | 2,415 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Wokingham 017C | 2,227 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| Wokingham 017D | 1,295 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.5% |
| Wokingham 017E | 1,604 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| Wokingham 017F | 1,846 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.3% |
| Wokingham 017G | 2,010 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.3% |
| Wokingham 017H | 1,665 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
MPs for RG7
- Olivia BaileyLabourMP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire71% of RG7’s postcodes
- Yuan YangLabourMP for Earley and Woodley11% of RG7’s postcodes
- Clive JonesLiberal DemocratMP for Wokingham9.7% of RG7’s postcodes
- Alex BrewerLiberal DemocratMP for North East Hampshire8.0% of RG7’s postcodes
- Kit MalthouseConservativeMP for North West Hampshire0.2% of RG7’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 RG75
Postcode sectors in RG77
Councils RG7 covers2
Towns in RG71
Postcode districts next to RG79
Nearest rail stations3
More in the RG postcode area2
RG7 in brief
RG7 is a postcode district covering Burghfield Common and Spencers Wood, in West Berkshire and Wokingham.
About 38,490 people lived in RG7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £460,000 in 2025 across 551 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG7 was £460,000 in 2025.
RG7 had 36,365 usual residents at the census.
In RG7, 89.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RG7, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.