Schools
52 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 7 secondary schools. Downsway Primary School is the nearest published school at 688 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RG3 6ND
Tilehurst & Purley · West Berkshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Tilehurst & Purley
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
- Postcode district
- RG3
- Postcode sector
- RG3 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG3 6ND
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG3
- Postcode sector
- RG3 6
- Latitude
- 51.466601
- Longitude
- -1.044325
- British National Grid easting
- 466,481
- British National Grid northing
- 174,614
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- West Berkshire · E06000037
- Electoral ward
- Tilehurst & Purley · E05012153
- Parish or community
- E04001197
- Westminster constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire · E14001439
- Output area
- E00082588
- Lower layer super output area
- West Berkshire 005D · E01016350
- 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
- 52
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 7
- 688 m
Downsway Primary School
Community school
- 757 m
Westwood Farm Infant School
Community school
- 757 m
Westwood Farm Junior School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,457
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 467
- Shoplifting 363
- Anti social behaviour 151
- Criminal damage and arson 95
- Other theft 88
GP practices
12
within 5 km straight-line
TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY
92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP
ODS code K81644
614 m
WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY
66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR
ODS code K81056
709 m
THE POTTERIES
TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW
ODS code K81004
1.5 km
GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG
ODS code K81078
2.5 km
THE BOAT HOUSE SURGERY
WHITCHURCH ROAD, PANGBOURNE, READING, RG8 7DP
ODS code K81012
3.6 km
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
3.8 km
THEALE MEDICAL CENTRE
ENGLEFIELD ROAD, THEALE, READING, RG7 5AS
ODS code K81077
4.0 km
CHATHAM STREET SURGERY
121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE
ODS code K81026
4.5 km
COLEY PARK SURGERY
80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN
ODS code K81636
4.7 km
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
4.9 km
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
4.9 km
BALMORE PARK SURGERY
59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS
ODS code K81014
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Dell Road
BCT · Purley on Thames
- 0.1 miles
Dell Road
BCT · Purley on Thames
- 0.2 miles
Dark Lane Foot
BCT · Kentwood
- 0.2 miles
Dark Lane Foot
BCT · Kentwood
- 0.2 miles
Tring Road Shops
BCT · Kentwood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 005D, 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
30,972 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
Recorded crime
1,457 published events cover 12 months, averaging 121.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 467 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.