Reading 016B
NeighbourhoodSouth east Reading. 1,740 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.6 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Reading 016B is in decile 6.
How Reading 016B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Reading 016B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Reading 016B at a rate of 37.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.2 per 1,000 people across Leighton Park.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Reading 016B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (38), other crime (10) and criminal damage and arson (6).
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 016B alone. See Reading
Reading 016B in brief
Reading 016B has a deprivation score of 16.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Reading 016B was £350,000 in 2025.
Reading 016B had 1,708 usual residents at the census.
In Reading 016B, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.