Schools
86 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 14 secondary schools. UTC Reading is the nearest published school at 166 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RG1 5SG
Park · Reading · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Park
- Local authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Postcode district
- RG1
- Postcode sector
- RG1 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG1 5SG
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG1
- Postcode sector
- RG1 5
- Latitude
- 51.446234
- Longitude
- -0.939691
- British National Grid easting
- 473,782
- British National Grid northing
- 172,449
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Reading · E06000038
- Electoral ward
- Park · E05013874
- Parish or community
- E43000031
- Westminster constituency
- Reading Central · E14001438
- Output area
- E00177287
- Lower layer super output area
- Reading 012B · E01016403
- Middle layer super output area
- Reading 012 · E02003400
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
- 86
- Primary
- 52
- Secondary
- 14
- 166 m
UTC Reading
University technical college
- 182 m
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Free schools
- 294 m
Alfred Sutton Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,302
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,135
- Shoplifting 700
- Other theft 268
- Public order 237
- Anti social behaviour 210
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- RG1 5 residents
- 10,187
Age bands in RG1 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 10.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 40.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 14.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.9%
1,057 residents
4,024 residents
2,590 residents
1,445 residents
783 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
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
19
within 5 km straight-line
PARKSIDE PRACTICE
224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS
ODS code K81045
406 m
PEMBROKE SURGERY
31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG
ODS code K81100
884 m
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE
ODS code K81605
1.2 km
MELROSE SURGERY
73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS
ODS code K81651
1.5 km
MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY
MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR
ODS code K81040
2.0 km
LONDON STREET SURGERY
72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
ODS code K81007
2.0 km
LONG BARN LANE SURGERY
22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ
ODS code K81048
2.2 km
BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
BROOKSIDE SURGERY, BROOKSIDE CLOSE, EARLEY, READING, RG6 7HG
ODS code K81047
2.5 km
WOODLEY PRACTICE
WOODLEY CENTRE SURGERY, 6 HEADLEY ROAD, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4JA
ODS code K81051
2.6 km
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
2.7 km
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
2.7 km
CHATHAM STREET SURGERY
121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE
ODS code K81026
3.1 km
COLEY PARK SURGERY
80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN
ODS code K81636
3.2 km
BALMORE PARK SURGERY
59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS
ODS code K81014
3.6 km
LODDON VALE PRACTICE
HURRICANE WAY, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4UX
ODS code K81069
3.7 km
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
3.8 km
SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHINFIELD HOUSE, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH
ODS code Y02128
4.6 km
SOUTH READING & SHINFIELD GROUP MED PRAC
SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACT, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH
ODS code K81633
4.6 km
EMMER GREEN SURGERY
4 ST. BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA
ODS code K81041
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Mockbeggar
BCT · Whiteknights
- 0.1 miles
Mockbeggar
BCT · Whiteknights
- 0.2 miles
St Peters Road
BCT · Reading
- 0.2 miles
St Peters Road
BCT · Reading
- 0.2 miles
Eastern Avenue Foot
BCT · Whiteknights
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reading 012B, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,857 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 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
3,302 published events cover 12 months, averaging 275.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,135 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.