RG16 7AU

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
RG17 7AU	0 m
RG17 7AB	519 m
RG17 7AT	971 m
RG17 7AY	1.0 km
RG17 7BP	1.0 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: RG16 7AU
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 July 1995
Postcode area: RG
Postcode district: RG16
Postcode sector: RG16 7
Latitude: 51.467760
Longitude: -1.480627
British National Grid easting: 436,173
British National Grid northing: 174,438

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward: Downlands · E05012138
Parish or community: E04001165
Westminster constituency: Newbury · E14001376
Output area: E00082352
Lower layer super output area: West Berkshire 002A · E01016303
Middle layer super output area: West Berkshire 002 · E02003368

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: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Shefford C.E. Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
2.9 km
Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School

Voluntary aided school
4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 9
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Other theft 2
Burglary 1
Other crime 1
Public order 1
Vehicle crime 1

Nearby transport

Fairchilds Farm

BCT · Poughley
0.7 miles
Fairchilds Farm

BCT · Poughley
0.7 miles
Goodings

BCT · Poughley
0.7 miles
Goodings

BCT · Poughley
0.7 miles
Goodings Lane Foot

BCT · Poughley
0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 002A, 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

19,056 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 2 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Shefford C.E. Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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