RG2 9EY

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Wokingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Reading
Local authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Earley and Woodley
Postcode district
RG2
Postcode sector
RG2 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG7 1YP 103 m
RG7 1UF 104 m
RG7 1FF 144 m
RG2 9EX 159 m
RG7 1DJ 160 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG2 9EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG2
Postcode sector
RG2 9
Latitude
51.396434
Longitude
-0.958420
British National Grid easting
472,559
British National Grid northing
166,892

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Wokingham · E06000041
Parish or community
E04001235
Westminster constituency
Earley and Woodley · E14001210
Output area
E00188482
Lower layer super output area
Wokingham 017G · E01035265
Middle layer super output area
Wokingham 017 · E02003455

Postcode source versions

Explore RG2

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Mead, Croft Road, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9EY 4 July 2025 £900,000
Greenfields, Croft Road, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9EY 2 May 2023 £4,800
Croft House, Croft Road, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9EY 2 March 2021 £635,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
17
Secondary
4
  1. Oakbank School

    Free schools

    853 m
  2. Alder Grove Church of England Primary School

    Free schools

    912 m
  3. Shinfield Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
573
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 236
  • Anti social behaviour 91
  • Other theft 63
  • Public order 51
  • Criminal damage and arson 39

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

17 female, 16 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.8
RG2 9 residents
12,591

Age bands in RG2 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
23.9%

3,011 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

1,158 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.9%

4,531 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.3%

2,811 residents

Age 65 and over
8.7%

1,099 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG2 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
76.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

5

within 5 km

  • SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SHINFIELD HOUSE, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH

    ODS code Y02128

    1.3 km

  • SOUTH READING & SHINFIELD GROUP MED PRAC

    SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACT, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH

    ODS code K81633

    1.3 km

  • SWALLOWFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE STREET, SWALLOWFIELD, READING, RG7 1QY

    ODS code K81003

    2.0 km

  • LONG BARN LANE SURGERY

    22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ

    ODS code K81048

    4.5 km

  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE

    ODS code K81605

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Peartree Walk

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.1 miles
  • Bays Crescent

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.1 miles
  • Peartree Walk

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.1 miles
  • Bays Crescent

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.1 miles
  • Croft Road

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wokingham 017G, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,778 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £452,400 from 2 recorded sales in RG2 9EY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wokingham is £498,941 in June 2026, down 3.1% year on year.

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. Oakbank School is the nearest published school at 853 m.

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

Recorded crime

573 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 236 events.

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