RG16 0DB

Downlands · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Downlands
Local authority: West Berkshire
Constituency: Newbury
Postcode district: RG16
Postcode sector: RG16 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
RG20 7DB	6 m
RG20 7DA	107 m
RG20 7DE	437 m
RG20 8QT	700 m
RG20 7DG	777 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: RG16 0DB
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 July 1995
Postcode area: RG
Postcode district: RG16
Postcode sector: RG16 0
Latitude: 51.496497
Longitude: -1.368688
British National Grid easting: 443,921
British National Grid northing: 177,695

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward: Downlands · E05012138
Parish or community: E04001155
Westminster constituency: Newbury · E14001376
Output area: E00082272
Lower layer super output area: West Berkshire 001C · E01016287
Middle layer super output area: West Berkshire 001 · E02003367

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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school
2.0 km
Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
2.1 km
Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 11
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 6
Other theft 2
Other crime 1
Public order 1
Criminal damage and arson 1

Nearby transport

Goose Lane

BCT · Leckhampstead
0.7 miles
Goose Lane

BCT · Leckhampstead
0.7 miles
School House

BCT · Leckhampstead
0.7 miles
School House

BCT · Leckhampstead
0.7 miles
Thicket Methodist Chapel

BCT · Leckhampstead Thicket
0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 001C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,907 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 9 of 10
Education and skills: 9 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.