# RG7

Postcode district covering Burghfield Common and Spencers Wood, in West Berkshire and Wokingham.

RG7 is a postcode district covering Burghfield Common and Spencers Wood, in West Berkshire and Wokingham. Median sale price £460,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code RG7. 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 RG7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £460,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RG7 was £460,000 in 2025. Joint 388th 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/rg7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 36,365** (2021). RG7 had 36,365 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 581st 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/rg7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 20%** (2022). About 20% of people in RG7 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/rg7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.8%** (January 2026). In RG7, 89.8% 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/rg7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=RG7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 20% of people in RG7 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=RG7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 551 homes were sold in RG7 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=RG7) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for RG7.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=RG7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): RG7 had 36,365 usual residents at the census.

## How RG7 compares

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

| Measure | RG7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £460,000 | 12th most expensive | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2025 |
| Population | 36,365 | 10th most populated | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 20% | 12th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 30 postcode districts, RG · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 89.8% | 15th lowest | 30 postcode districts, RG · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the RG postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in RG7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Basingstoke and Deane 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane/neighbourhood/e01022493) | 1,365 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.9% |
| [West Berkshire 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016327) | 1,217 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| [West Berkshire 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016328) | 1,923 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| [West Berkshire 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016344) | 1,572 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.3% |
| [West Berkshire 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016345) | 1,481 | 88.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.7% |
| [West Berkshire 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016254) | 1,484 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.3% |
| [West Berkshire 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016255) | 1,475 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.9% |
| [West Berkshire 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016264) | 1,717 | 15.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| [West Berkshire 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016265) | 1,553 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| [West Berkshire 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016266) | 1,328 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [West Berkshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016267) | 1,484 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.3% |
| [West Berkshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016268) | 1,733 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| [West Berkshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016270) | 1,467 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| [West Berkshire 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016307) | 1,696 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.6% |
| [West Berkshire 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016308) | 1,928 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.0% |
| [West Berkshire 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016309) | 2,415 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| [Wokingham 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016690) | 2,227 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| [Wokingham 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01016691) | 1,295 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.5% |
| [Wokingham 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01035263) | 1,604 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| [Wokingham 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01035264) | 1,846 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.3% |
| [Wokingham 017G](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01035265) | 2,010 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.3% |
| [Wokingham 017H](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/neighbourhood/e01035266) | 1,665 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |

## Your MP

- [Reading West and Mid Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/reading-west-and-mid-berkshire): Olivia Bailey (Labour), MP since July 2024. 71% of the people here.
- [Earley and Woodley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/earley-and-woodley): Yuan Yang (Labour), MP since July 2024. 11% of the people here.
- [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wokingham): Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 9.7% of the people here.
- [North East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-hampshire): Alex Brewer (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 8.0% of the people here.
- [North West Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-west-hampshire): Kit Malthouse (Conservative), 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 RG7

[Burghfield Common](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/burghfield-common), [Mortimer & Aldermaston Wharf](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/mortimer-and-aldermaston-wharf), [Spencers Wood & Swallowfield](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham/spencers-wood-and-swallowfield), [Thatcham South East & Bradfield](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/thatcham-south-east-and-bradfield), [Theale & Beenham](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/theale-and-beenham)

## Postcode sectors in RG7

[RG7 1 (343 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7-1), [RG7 2 (146 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7-2), [RG7 3 (321 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7-3), [RG7 4 (222 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7-4), [RG7 5 (261 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7-5), [RG7 6 (198 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7-6), [RG7 8 (28 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7-8)

## Councils RG7 covers

[West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire), [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham)

## Towns in RG7

[Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross](https://openindex.co.uk/town/spencers-wood-and-three-mile-cross)

## Postcode districts next to RG7

[RG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg2), [RG8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg8), [RG18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg18), [RG19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg19), [RG26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg26), [RG27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg27), [RG30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg30), [RG31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg31), [RG40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg40)

## Nearest rail stations

[Aldermaston (450 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.1374,51.4020), [Midgham (2.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.1777,51.3960), [Theale (5.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.0750,51.4335)

## 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)

## 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.
About 20% of people in RG7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG7, 89.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: RG7
- Postcode area: [RG](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg)
- Constituency: [Reading West and Mid Berkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/reading-west-and-mid-berkshire)
- Council: [West Berkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire)
- Area: 197 km²
- People, mid-2024: 38,490*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 113

* 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

[RG30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg30), [RG18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg18), [RG26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg26), [RG2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg2), [RG8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg8), [RG27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg27)

## Latest updates for RG7

- 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/RG7

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg7