Schools
49 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 7 secondary schools. Little Heath School is the nearest published school at 322 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RG3 5UE
Tilehurst Birch Copse · West Berkshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
- Postcode district
- RG3
- Postcode sector
- RG3 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG3 5UE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG3
- Postcode sector
- RG3 5
- Latitude
- 51.457980
- Longitude
- -1.057847
- British National Grid easting
- 465,554
- British National Grid northing
- 173,643
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- West Berkshire · E06000037
- Electoral ward
- Tilehurst Birch Copse · E05012154
- Parish or community
- E04001197
- Westminster constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire · E14001439
- Output area
- E00172655
- Lower layer super output area
- West Berkshire 005A · E01016258
- Middle layer super output area
- West Berkshire 005 · E02003371
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
- 49
- Primary
- 31
- Secondary
- 7
- 322 m
Little Heath School
Voluntary aided school
- 489 m
Birch Copse Primary School
Community school
- 581 m
Springfield Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 970
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 358
- Violence and sexual offences 261
- Anti social behaviour 81
- Criminal damage and arson 51
- Other theft 49
GP practices
7
within 5 km straight-line
WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY
66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR
ODS code K81056
1.1 km
TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY
92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP
ODS code K81644
1.1 km
THE POTTERIES
TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW
ODS code K81004
2.3 km
THEALE MEDICAL CENTRE
ENGLEFIELD ROAD, THEALE, READING, RG7 5AS
ODS code K81077
2.7 km
GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG
ODS code K81078
3.4 km
THE BOAT HOUSE SURGERY
WHITCHURCH ROAD, PANGBOURNE, READING, RG8 7DP
ODS code K81012
3.7 km
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
The Birchwoods
BCT · Little Heath
- 0.2 miles
Hallplace Farm
BCT · Little Heath
- 0.3 miles
Hallplace Farm
BCT · Little Heath
- 0.3 miles
Little Heath School
BCT · Little Heath
- 0.3 miles
Little Heath School
BCT · Little Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 005A, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
27,515 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
970 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 358 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.