Reading 017A
NeighbourhoodSouth east Reading. 1,649 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.4 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Reading 017A is in decile 2.
How Reading 017A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Reading 017A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Reading 017A at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.7 per 1,000 people across Kennet Island & Green Park.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Reading 017A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (91), other crime (28) and anti-social behaviour (20).
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.
Figures for the whole of Reading
These figures are published for the whole of Reading, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Reading and not Reading 017A alone. See Reading
Reading 017A in brief
Reading 017A has a deprivation score of 40.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Reading 017A had 1,585 usual residents at the census.
In Reading 017A, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Reading 017A, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.