Property market
The five-year median is £220,000 from 12 recorded sales in RG1 3BJ. 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 3BJ
Abbey · Reading · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG1 3BJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG1
- Postcode sector
- RG1 3
- Latitude
- 51.454614
- Longitude
- -0.964769
- British National Grid easting
- 472,026
- British National Grid northing
- 173,356
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Reading · E06000038
- Electoral ward
- Abbey · E05013864
- Parish or community
- E43000031
- Westminster constituency
- Reading Central · E14001438
- Output area
- E00174487
- Lower layer super output area
- Reading 019B · E01033415
- Middle layer super output area
- Reading 019 · E02006939
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
Property
84 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Kennet House, 80, Flat 50, Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3BJ | 20 June 2025 | £347,500 |
| Kennet House, 80, Flat 69, Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3BJ | 31 March 2025 | £175,000 |
| Kennet House, 80, Flat 78, Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3BJ | 19 July 2024 | £220,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 94
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 13
- 249 m
The Deenway Montessori School
Other independent school
- 384 m
Kendrick School
Academy converter
- 512 m
Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9,682
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,038
- Shoplifting 2,004
- Public order 824
- Other theft 813
- Anti social behaviour 694
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 113
- Postcode households
- 68
- Residents per household
- 1.7
- RG1 3 residents
- 8,270
51 female, 62 male
Age bands in RG1 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15%
- Age 25 to 44
- 40.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.5%
1,499 residents
1,234 residents
3,307 residents
1,598 residents
615 residents
This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG1 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- 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%
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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
18
within 5 km
LONDON STREET SURGERY
72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
ODS code K81007
420 m
MELROSE SURGERY
73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS
ODS code K81651
472 m
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
772 m
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
772 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
1.2 km
MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY
MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR
ODS code K81040
1.2 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE
ODS code K81605
1.7 km
COLEY PARK SURGERY
80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN
ODS code K81636
1.8 km
BALMORE PARK SURGERY
59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS
ODS code K81014
1.9 km
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
1.9 km
LONG BARN LANE SURGERY
22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ
ODS code K81048
2.1 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
3.2 km
EMMER GREEN SURGERY
4 ST. BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA
ODS code K81041
3.3 km
WOODLEY PRACTICE
WOODLEY CENTRE SURGERY, 6 HEADLEY ROAD, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4JA
ODS code K81051
4.2 km
THE POTTERIES
TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW
ODS code K81004
4.3 km
BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
BROOKSIDE SURGERY, BROOKSIDE CLOSE, EARLEY, READING, RG6 7HG
ODS code K81047
4.4 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Huntley and Palmers
BCT · Reading Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Huntley and Palmers
BCT · Reading Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Huntley and Palmers
BCT · Reading Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Queens Road car park
BCT · Reading Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Huntley and Palmers
BCT · Reading Town Centre
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reading 019B, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,119 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
94 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 13 secondary schools. The Deenway Montessori School is the nearest published school at 249 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
9,682 published events cover 12 months, averaging 806.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,038 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.