Schools
92 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 13 secondary schools. Kendrick School is the nearest published school at 248 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RG1 2SL
Katesgrove · Reading · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Katesgrove
- Local authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Postcode district
- RG1
- Postcode sector
- RG1 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG1 2SL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 November 2002
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG1
- Postcode sector
- RG1 2
- Latitude
- 51.450450
- Longitude
- -0.967698
- British National Grid easting
- 471,829
- British National Grid northing
- 172,890
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Reading · E06000038
- Electoral ward
- Katesgrove · E05013871
- Parish or community
- E43000031
- Westminster constituency
- Reading Central · E14001438
- Output area
- E00177269
- Lower layer super output area
- Reading 020C · E01033838
- Middle layer super output area
- Reading 020 · E02006940
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore RG1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 92
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 13
- 248 m
Kendrick School
Academy converter
- 341 m
Katesgrove Primary School
Community school
- 359 m
The Deenway Montessori School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9,391
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,062
- Shoplifting 1,696
- Public order 818
- Other theft 803
- Anti social behaviour 704
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- RG1 2 residents
- 4,870
Age bands in RG1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 49.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 16.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 5%
667 residents
748 residents
2,367 residents
802 residents
239 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.
GP practices
18
within 5 km straight-line
LONDON STREET SURGERY
72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
ODS code K81007
103 m
MELROSE SURGERY
73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS
ODS code K81651
563 m
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
747 m
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
747 m
MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY
MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR
ODS code K81040
747 m
PEMBROKE SURGERY
31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG
ODS code K81100
1.1 km
CHATHAM STREET SURGERY
121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE
ODS code K81026
1.1 km
COLEY PARK SURGERY
80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN
ODS code K81636
1.4 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE
ODS code K81605
1.5 km
LONG BARN LANE SURGERY
22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ
ODS code K81048
1.6 km
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
1.8 km
BALMORE PARK SURGERY
59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS
ODS code K81014
2.3 km
PARKSIDE PRACTICE
224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS
ODS code K81045
2.4 km
GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG
ODS code K81078
3.1 km
EMMER GREEN SURGERY
4 ST. BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA
ODS code K81041
3.7 km
THE POTTERIES
TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW
ODS code K81004
4.2 km
BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
BROOKSIDE SURGERY, BROOKSIDE CLOSE, EARLEY, READING, RG6 7HG
ODS code K81047
4.4 km
WOODLEY PRACTICE
WOODLEY CENTRE SURGERY, 6 HEADLEY ROAD, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4JA
ODS code K81051
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Crown Street
BCT · Katesgrove
- 0.0 miles
Crown Street
BCT · Katesgrove
- 0.1 miles
Crown Street
BCT · Katesgrove
- 0.1 miles
Pell Street
BCT · Katesgrove
- 0.1 miles
West Hill
BCT · Katesgrove
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reading 020C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
7 of 10
Overall England rank
20,268 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
9,391 published events cover 12 months, averaging 782.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,062 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.