RG8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Pangbourne and Goring, in West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire.
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 RG8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RG8, 81.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RG8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG8 at a rate of 37.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across RG.
In August 2026 alone, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (253), other crime (152) and anti-social behaviour (103).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG8 was 36.2 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 RG8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG8 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Oxfordshire 015C | 1,665 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.7% |
| South Oxfordshire 018B | 1,473 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.5% |
| South Oxfordshire 018C | 1,417 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 16.8% |
| South Oxfordshire 018D | 1,499 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.6% |
| South Oxfordshire 018E | 1,242 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.1% |
| South Oxfordshire 018F | 1,378 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.3% |
| West Berkshire 003A | 1,771 | 20.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| West Berkshire 003B | 1,352 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| West Berkshire 003C | 1,687 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| West Berkshire 003D | 1,590 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 66.3% |
| West Berkshire 004B | 2,079 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.3% |
| West Berkshire 004C | 1,543 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
MPs for RG8
- Olivia BaileyLabourMP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire51% of RG8’s postcodes
- Freddie van MierloLiberal DemocratMP for Henley and Thame49% of RG8’s postcodes
- Olly GloverLiberal DemocratMP for Didcot and Wantage0.1% of RG8’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 RG82
Postcode sectors in RG86
Councils RG8 covers2
Towns in RG81
Postcode districts next to RG88
Nearest rail stations2
More in the RG postcode area2
RG8 in brief
RG8 is a postcode district covering Pangbourne and Goring, in West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire.
About 19,865 people lived in RG8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £610,000 in 2025 across 259 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG8 was £610,000 in 2025.
RG8 had 19,603 usual residents at the census.
In RG8, 81.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RG8, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.