Schools
47 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. Downsway Primary School is the nearest published school at 121 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RG31 6GT
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
- RG31
- Postcode sector
- RG31 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG31 6GT
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 June 1997
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG31
- Postcode sector
- RG31 6
- Latitude
- 51.470084
- Longitude
- -1.051263
- British National Grid easting
- 465,994
- British National Grid northing
- 174,995
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
- E00082434
- Lower layer super output area
- West Berkshire 004A · E01016315
- Middle layer super output area
- West Berkshire 004 · E02003370
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 RG31
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 47
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 7
- 121 m
Downsway Primary School
Community school
- 364 m
Denefield School
Academy converter
- 474 m
Brookfields School
Academy special converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,047
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 362
- Violence and sexual offences 266
- Anti social behaviour 111
- Other theft 60
- Criminal damage and arson 57
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- RG31 6 residents
- 10,278
Age bands in RG31 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.4%
1,693 residents
1,049 residents
2,309 residents
2,998 residents
2,187 residents
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.
GP practices
7
within 5 km straight-line
TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY
92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP
ODS code K81644
1.2 km
WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY
66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR
ODS code K81056
1.3 km
THE POTTERIES
TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW
ODS code K81004
2.1 km
THE BOAT HOUSE SURGERY
WHITCHURCH ROAD, PANGBOURNE, READING, RG8 7DP
ODS code K81012
3.0 km
GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG
ODS code K81078
3.1 km
THEALE MEDICAL CENTRE
ENGLEFIELD ROAD, THEALE, READING, RG7 5AS
ODS code K81077
4.1 km
WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES
WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT
ODS code K81062
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Denefield School
BCT · Purley on Thames
- 0.2 miles
Denefield School
BCT · Purley on Thames
- 0.2 miles
Addiscombe Chase
BCT · Purley on Thames
- 0.2 miles
Kirkfell Close
BCT · Purley on Thames
- 0.2 miles
Clanfield Crescent
BCT · Purley on Thames
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 004A, 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
28,948 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
1,047 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 362 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.