RG31 6GW

Tilehurst & Purley · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Reading
Local authority
West Berkshire
Postcode district
RG31
Postcode sector
RG31 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG31 6YB 68 m
RG31 6ZX 126 m
RG31 6SX 127 m
RG31 6GP 129 m
RG31 6QY 169 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG31 6GW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG31
Postcode sector
RG31 6
Latitude
51.466246
Longitude
-1.054841
British National Grid easting
465,751
British National Grid northing
174,565

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Parish or community
E04001197
Output area
E00082151
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 005B · E01016261
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 005 · E02003371

Postcode source versions

Explore RG31

52 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
16, The Knoll, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6GW 2 May 2025 £500,000
2, The Knoll, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6GW 21 March 2025 £530,000
6, The Knoll, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6GW 9 June 2022 £460,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
30
Secondary
7
  1. Denefield School

    Academy converter

    592 m
  2. Downsway Primary School

    Community school

    608 m
  3. Brookfields School

    Academy special converter

    963 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
995
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 361
  • Violence and sexual offences 260
  • Anti social behaviour 109
  • Criminal damage and arson 51
  • Other theft 49

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
107

55 female, 52 male

Postcode households
41
Residents per household
2.6
RG31 6 residents
10,278

Age bands in RG31 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,693 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

1,049 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

2,309 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

2,998 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

2,187 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG31 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY

    92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP

    ODS code K81644

    1.0 km

  • WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR

    ODS code K81056

    1.1 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

    3.1 km

  • GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG

    ODS code K81078

    3.2 km

  • THEALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    ENGLEFIELD ROAD, THEALE, READING, RG7 5AS

    ODS code K81077

    3.6 km

  • WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES

    WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT

    ODS code K81062

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Dark Lane Top

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles
  • Dark Lane Top

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles
  • Fairford Road

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles
  • Fairford Road

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.2 miles
  • Fairford Road (Dark Lane)

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 005B, 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

33,659 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £480,000 from 4 recorded sales in RG31 6GW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Berkshire is £402,790 in June 2026, up 0.2% year on year.

Schools

47 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. Denefield School is the nearest published school at 592 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

995 published events cover 12 months, averaging 82.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 361 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.