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RG16 8SH

Downlands · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Downlands
Local authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire
Postcode district
RG16
Postcode sector
RG16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG20 8SH 4 m
RG20 8SG 195 m
RG20 8SJ 354 m
RG20 8SL 517 m
RG20 8SE 601 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG16 8SH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG16
Postcode sector
RG16 8
Latitude
51.491975
Longitude
-1.297623
British National Grid easting
448,859
British National Grid northing
177,237

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward
Downlands · E05012138
Parish or community
E04001151
Westminster constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire · E14001439
Output area
E00082271
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 001D · E01016288
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 001 · E02003367

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    585 m

  2. Priors Court School

    Other independent special school

    3.6 km

  3. The Ilsleys Primary School

    Community school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
28
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 16
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 1

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE DOWNLAND PRACTICE

    EAST LANE, CHIEVELEY, NEWBURY, RG20 8UY

    ODS code K81050

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Beedon Village Hall

    BCT · Beedon Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Beedon Village Hall

    BCT · Beedon Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Stanmore Road

    BCT · Beedon

    0.2 miles

  • Stanmore Road

    BCT · Beedon

    0.2 miles

  • Coach and Horses PH

    BCT · Beedon Hill

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 001D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,825 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School is the nearest published school at 585 m.

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

Recorded crime

28 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.

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