Schools
87 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 13 secondary schools. The WREN School is the nearest published school at 170 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RG3 3AD
Southcote · Reading · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Southcote
- Local authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Postcode district
- RG3
- Postcode sector
- RG3 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG3 3AD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG3
- Postcode sector
- RG3 3
- Latitude
- 51.446028
- Longitude
- -0.998016
- British National Grid easting
- 469,729
- British National Grid northing
- 172,369
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Reading · E06000038
- Electoral ward
- Southcote · E05013876
- Parish or community
- E43000031
- Westminster constituency
- Reading Central · E14001438
- Output area
- E00082962
- Lower layer super output area
- Reading 015A · E01016419
- Middle layer super output area
- Reading 015 · E02003403
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 RG3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 87
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 13
- 170 m
The WREN School
Free schools
- 431 m
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Voluntary aided school
- 632 m
Southcote Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,420
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,874
- Anti social behaviour 440
- Other theft 364
- Public order 358
- Shoplifting 336
GP practices
18
within 5 km straight-line
COLEY PARK SURGERY
80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN
ODS code K81636
821 m
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
1.2 km
CHATHAM STREET SURGERY
121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE
ODS code K81026
1.5 km
GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG
ODS code K81078
1.8 km
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
1.8 km
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
1.8 km
MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY
MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR
ODS code K81040
2.1 km
LONDON STREET SURGERY
72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
ODS code K81007
2.2 km
LONG BARN LANE SURGERY
22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ
ODS code K81048
2.4 km
THE POTTERIES
TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW
ODS code K81004
2.5 km
MELROSE SURGERY
73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS
ODS code K81651
2.7 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE
ODS code K81605
3.1 km
PEMBROKE SURGERY
31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG
ODS code K81100
3.2 km
BALMORE PARK SURGERY
59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS
ODS code K81014
3.3 km
WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY
66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR
ODS code K81056
3.4 km
TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY
92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP
ODS code K81644
3.5 km
PARKSIDE PRACTICE
224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS
ODS code K81045
4.5 km
EMMER GREEN SURGERY
4 ST. BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA
ODS code K81041
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Monks Way
BCT · Southcote
- 0.1 miles
Monks Way
BCT · Southcote
- 0.1 miles
Parkside Road
BCT · Prospect Park
- 0.1 miles
Parkside Road
BCT · Prospect Park
- 0.1 miles
Southcote Farm Lane
BCT · Southcote
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reading 015A, 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
18,312 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
Recorded crime
4,420 published events cover 12 months, averaging 368.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,874 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.