Property market
The five-year median is £405,000 from 4,044 recorded sales in RG2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Reading is £361,243 in June 2026, up 0.9% year on year.
RG2
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,406
- Current units
- 1,054
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 352
Postcode sectors in RG2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,691 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 10, Eversley Road, Arborfield Cross, Reading, RG2 9PU | 17 July 2026 | £363,750 |
| 29, Woolhampton Way, Reading, RG2 0WZ | 17 July 2026 | £555,000 |
| 257, Shinfield Road, Reading, RG2 8HF | 16 July 2026 | £730,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,893
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,550
- Shoplifting 466
- Anti social behaviour 336
- Other theft 326
- Criminal damage and arson 261
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- RG2 usual residents
- 47,277
- Age-profile population
- 48,445
Age bands in RG2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 20%
- Age 15 to 24
- 16%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.8%
9,680 residents
7,765 residents
15,772 residents
10,477 residents
4,751 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,025 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
992 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 918 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 0 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
LONG BARN LANE SURGERY
22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ
ODS code K81048
MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY
MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR
ODS code K81040
SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHINFIELD HOUSE, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH
ODS code Y02128
SOUTH READING & SHINFIELD GROUP MED PRAC
SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACT, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH
ODS code K81633
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE
ODS code K81605
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Evidence in context
Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,893 published events cover 12 months, averaging 324.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,550 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.