RG16 0DU

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 7DU	41 m
RG20 7BG	372 m
RG20 7DS	481 m
RG20 7DT	596 m
RG20 8QW	628 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: RG16 0DU
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 July 1995
Postcode area: RG
Postcode district: RG16
Postcode sector: RG16 0
Latitude: 51.493392
Longitude: -1.390150
British National Grid easting: 442,434
British National Grid northing: 177,337

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward: Downlands · E05012138
Parish or community: E04001160
Westminster constituency: Newbury · E14001376
Output area: E00082273
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: 4
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
596 m
Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school
2.0 km
Shefford C.E. Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 34
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 24
Public order 3
Criminal damage and arson 3
Anti social behaviour 2
Burglary 1

Nearby transport

Oak Ash Farm

BCT · Leckhampstead Thicket
0.1 miles
Oak Ash Farm

BCT · Leckhampstead Thicket
0.2 miles
Thicket Cross Roads

BCT · Leckhampstead Thicket
0.2 miles
Thicket Cross Roads

BCT · Leckhampstead Thicket
0.2 miles
Thicket Methodist Chapel

BCT · Leckhampstead Thicket
0.4 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School is the nearest published school at 596 m.

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

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.

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