RG16 7AY

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 7AY	0 m
RG17 7AT	212 m
RG17 7AX	494 m
RG17 7BA	495 m
RG17 7AB	671 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: RG16 7AY
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 July 1995
Postcode area: RG
Postcode district: RG16
Postcode sector: RG16 7
Latitude: 51.462265
Longitude: -1.492810
British National Grid easting: 435,331
British National Grid northing: 173,821

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: 4
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Shefford C.E. Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
3.9 km
Chilton Foliat Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school
4.4 km
Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary School

Voluntary aided school
4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 13
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Burglary 3
Violence and sexual offences 3
Other theft 2
Other crime 1
Public order 1

Nearby transport

Goodings Lane

BCT · Poughley
0.3 miles
Goodings Lane Foot

BCT · Poughley
0.3 miles
Goodings Lane Foot

BCT · Poughley
0.4 miles
Goodings Lane

BCT · Poughley
0.4 miles
Fairchilds Farm

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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Shefford C.E. Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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