Schools
59 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 8 secondary schools. Blagrave Nursery School is the nearest published school at 715 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RG3 6JJ
Kentwood · Reading · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Kentwood
- Local authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
- Postcode district
- RG3
- Postcode sector
- RG3 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG3 6JJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG3
- Postcode sector
- RG3 6
- Latitude
- 51.465358
- Longitude
- -1.034173
- British National Grid easting
- 467,188
- British National Grid northing
- 174,485
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Reading · E06000038
- Electoral ward
- Kentwood · E05013872
- Parish or community
- E43000031
- Westminster constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire · E14001439
- Output area
- E00082754
- Lower layer super output area
- Reading 005A · E01016380
- Middle layer super output area
- Reading 005 · E02003393
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
- 59
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 8
- 715 m
Blagrave Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 747 m
Meadow Park Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 774 m
Norcot Early Years Centre
Local authority nursery school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,087
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 721
- Shoplifting 468
- Anti social behaviour 180
- Criminal damage and arson 141
- Other theft 137
GP practices
14
within 5 km straight-line
TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY
92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP
ODS code K81644
725 m
WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY
66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR
ODS code K81056
772 m
THE POTTERIES
TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW
ODS code K81004
819 m
GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG
ODS code K81078
1.8 km
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
3.1 km
CHATHAM STREET SURGERY
121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE
ODS code K81026
3.8 km
COLEY PARK SURGERY
80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN
ODS code K81636
4.0 km
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
4.2 km
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
4.2 km
THE BOAT HOUSE SURGERY
WHITCHURCH ROAD, PANGBOURNE, READING, RG8 7DP
ODS code K81012
4.3 km
BALMORE PARK SURGERY
59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS
ODS code K81014
4.3 km
THEALE MEDICAL CENTRE
ENGLEFIELD ROAD, THEALE, READING, RG7 5AS
ODS code K81077
4.4 km
EMMER GREEN SURGERY
4 ST. BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA
ODS code K81041
4.7 km
LONDON STREET SURGERY
72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
ODS code K81007
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Armour Hill
BCT · Kentwood
- 0.1 miles
Armour Hill
BCT · Kentwood
- 0.2 miles
Derwent Avenue
BCT · Kentwood
- 0.2 miles
Derwent Avenue
BCT · Kentwood
- 0.2 miles
Kentwood Close
BCT · Kentwood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reading 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
29,418 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
2,087 published events cover 12 months, averaging 173.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 721 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.