Schools
88 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 13 secondary schools. Coley Primary School is the nearest published school at 198 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RG1 6AB
Abbey · Reading · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Abbey
- Local authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Postcode district
- RG1
- Postcode sector
- RG1 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG1 6AB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG1
- Postcode sector
- RG1 6
- Latitude
- 51.451452
- Longitude
- -0.976368
- British National Grid easting
- 471,225
- British National Grid northing
- 172,993
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
- E00082597
- Lower layer super output area
- Reading 020B · E01033420
- 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
- 88
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 13
- 198 m
Coley Primary School
Community school
- 363 m
Katesgrove Primary School
Community school
- 748 m
Civitas Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 8,866
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,135
- Shoplifting 1,188
- Other theft 794
- Public order 794
- Anti social behaviour 719
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 11
- Postcode households
- 2
- Residents per household
- 5.5
- RG1 6 residents
- 9,981
4 female, 7 male
Age bands in RG1 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 38.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.3%
1,813 residents
950 residents
3,819 residents
2,185 residents
1,115 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG1 6 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
19
within 5 km
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
375 m
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
375 m
LONDON STREET SURGERY
72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
ODS code K81007
591 m
CHATHAM STREET SURGERY
121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE
ODS code K81026
602 m
COLEY PARK SURGERY
80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN
ODS code K81636
957 m
MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY
MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR
ODS code K81040
1.0 km
MELROSE SURGERY
73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS
ODS code K81651
1.1 km
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
1.2 km
PEMBROKE SURGERY
31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG
ODS code K81100
1.7 km
LONG BARN LANE SURGERY
22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ
ODS code K81048
1.8 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE
ODS code K81605
2.0 km
BALMORE PARK SURGERY
59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS
ODS code K81014
2.2 km
GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG
ODS code K81078
2.5 km
PARKSIDE PRACTICE
224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS
ODS code K81045
3.0 km
THE POTTERIES
TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW
ODS code K81004
3.6 km
EMMER GREEN SURGERY
4 ST. BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA
ODS code K81041
3.6 km
WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY
66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR
ODS code K81056
4.7 km
TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY
92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP
ODS code K81644
4.7 km
BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
BROOKSIDE SURGERY, BROOKSIDE CLOSE, EARLEY, READING, RG6 7HG
ODS code K81047
5.0 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
- 0.1 miles
Castle Street
BCT · Reading Town Centre
- 0.1 miles
Castle Street
BCT · Reading Town Centre
- 0.2 miles
Bridge Street
BCT · Reading Town Centre
- 0.2 miles
St Marys Butts
BCT · Reading Town Centre
- 0.2 miles
St Marys Butts
BCT · Reading Town Centre
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reading 020B, 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
13,924 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
8,866 published events cover 12 months, averaging 738.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,135 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.