Property market
The five-year median is £302,375 from 4,114 recorded sales in RG1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Reading is £361,243 in June 2026, up 0.9% year on year.
RG1
UK postcode district
Part of Reading
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,856
- Current units
- 1,254
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 1,602
Postcode sectors in RG1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
30,676 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 15, Eldon Terrace, Reading, RG1 4DX | 24 July 2026 | £270,000 |
| 9, Francis Street, Reading, RG1 2QB | 24 July 2026 | £270,000 |
| 3, Albion Terrace, Reading, RG1 5BG | 20 July 2026 | £295,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 5
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 9,818
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,210
- Shoplifting 1,761
- Other theft 866
- Public order 852
- Anti social behaviour 719
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- RG1 usual residents
- 49,233
- Age-profile population
- 49,366
Age bands in RG1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.3%
- 7,081 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.8%
- 9,272 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 41%
- 20,249 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.3%
- 9,014 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 7.6%
- 3,750 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,109 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,085 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 989 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
7
in this district
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
CHATHAM STREET SURGERY
121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE
ODS code K81026
COLEY PARK SURGERY
80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN
ODS code K81636
LONDON STREET SURGERY
72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
ODS code K81007
MELROSE SURGERY
73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS
ODS code K81651
PEMBROKE SURGERY
31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG
ODS code K81100
Evidence in context
Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 5 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
9,818 published events cover 12 months, averaging 818 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,210 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.