Property market
The five-year median is £375,012 from 16 recorded sales in RG2 6BG. 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 6BG
Whitley · Reading · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG2 6BG
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG2
- Postcode sector
- RG2 6
- Latitude
- 51.427331
- Longitude
- -0.990283
- British National Grid easting
- 470,295
- British National Grid northing
- 170,297
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Reading · E06000038
- Electoral ward
- Whitley · E05013879
- Parish or community
- E43000031
- Westminster constituency
- Earley and Woodley · E14001210
- Output area
- E00177242
- Lower layer super output area
- Reading 017H · E01033858
- Middle layer super output area
- Reading 017 · E02003405
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
Explore RG2
Property
16 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 22, Flat 10, Fairhaven Drive, Reading, RG2 6BG | 6 June 2025 | £365,000 |
| 22, Flat 12, Fairhaven Drive, Reading, RG2 6BG | 6 June 2025 | £395,000 |
| 22, Flat 9, Fairhaven Drive, Reading, RG2 6BG | 6 June 2025 | £390,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 79
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 12
- 406 m
Green Park Village Primary Academy
Free schools
- 1.7 km
Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School
Community school
- 1.8 km
OneSchool Global Reading Senior Campus
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,118
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 282
- Shoplifting 276
- Other theft 110
- Anti social behaviour 87
- Public order 81
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- RG2 6 residents
- 691
Age bands in RG2 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 6.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 48.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 16.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 5.8%
157 residents
43 residents
339 residents
116 residents
40 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
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- 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%
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
17
within 5 km
LONG BARN LANE SURGERY
22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ
ODS code K81048
1.9 km
COLEY PARK SURGERY
80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN
ODS code K81636
2.0 km
MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY
MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR
ODS code K81040
2.4 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE
ODS code K81605
2.9 km
LONDON STREET SURGERY
72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
ODS code K81007
3.1 km
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
3.2 km
CHATHAM STREET SURGERY
121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE
ODS code K81026
3.2 km
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
3.2 km
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
3.2 km
MELROSE SURGERY
73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS
ODS code K81651
3.4 km
PEMBROKE SURGERY
31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG
ODS code K81100
3.6 km
GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG
ODS code K81078
3.9 km
SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHINFIELD HOUSE, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH
ODS code Y02128
3.9 km
SOUTH READING & SHINFIELD GROUP MED PRAC
SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACT, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH
ODS code K81633
3.9 km
PARKSIDE PRACTICE
224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS
ODS code K81045
4.4 km
THE POTTERIES
TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW
ODS code K81004
4.4 km
BALMORE PARK SURGERY
59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS
ODS code K81014
5.0 km
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.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
100 Longwater Avenue
BCT · GreenPark
- 0.1 miles
100 Longwater Avenue
BCT · GreenPark
- 0.2 miles
300 Longwater Avenue
BCT · GreenPark
- 0.2 miles
300 Longwater Avenue
BCT · GreenPark
- 0.3 miles
250 Brook Drive
BCT · GreenPark
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reading 017H, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,412 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
79 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 12 secondary schools. Green Park Village Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 406 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,118 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 282 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.