RG16 0SF

Ridgeway · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Ridgeway
Local authority: West Berkshire
Constituency: Reading West and Mid Berkshire
Postcode district: RG16
Postcode sector: RG16 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
RG18 0SF	4 m
RG18 0SE	48 m
RG18 0SG	69 m
RG18 0AB	89 m
RG18 0RS	95 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: RG16 0SF
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 July 1995
Postcode area: RG
Postcode district: RG16
Postcode sector: RG16 0
Latitude: 51.486369
Longitude: -1.241886
British National Grid easting: 452,735
British National Grid northing: 176,652

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward: Ridgeway · E05012147
Parish or community: E04001174
Westminster constituency: Reading West and Mid Berkshire · E14001439
Output area: E00082267
Lower layer super output area: West Berkshire 007E · E01016285
Middle layer super output area: West Berkshire 007 · E02003373

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: 8
Primary: 5
Secondary: 1

Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
361 m
Compton C.E. Primary School

Academy converter
3.0 km
The Downs School

Academy converter
3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 27
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 9
Burglary 8
Criminal damage and arson 4
Vehicle crime 3
Other theft 1

Nearby transport

Water Street

BCT · Hampstead Norreys
0.0 miles
Water Street

BCT · Hampstead Norreys
0.1 miles
Hampstead Norreys Primary School

BCT · Hampstead Norreys
0.2 miles
Old Railway Bridge

BCT · Hampstead Norreys
0.2 miles
Old Railway Bridge

BCT · Hampstead Norreys
0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 007E, 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

20,202 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 9 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 10 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hampstead Norreys C.E. Primary School is the nearest published school at 361 m.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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