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RG31 6YG

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

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG8 8RW 88 m
RG31 6YH 90 m
RG8 8RZ 102 m
RG31 6XW 127 m
RG31 6YQ 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG31 6YG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG31
Postcode sector
RG31 6
Latitude
51.477703
Longitude
-1.052776
British National Grid easting
465,878
British National Grid northing
175,841

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
E04001186
Westminster constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire · E14001439
Output area
E00082419
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 004D · E01016318
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 004 · E02003370

Postcode source versions

Explore RG31

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
25
Secondary
5

  1. Long Lane Primary School

    Community school

    0 m

  2. Purley CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    552 m

  3. Brookfields School

    Academy special converter

    647 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
405
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 137
  • Anti social behaviour 66
  • Shoplifting 54
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Other theft 26

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%

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

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

    2.0 km

  • WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR

    ODS code K81056

    2.1 km

  • THE BOAT HOUSE SURGERY

    WHITCHURCH ROAD, PANGBOURNE, READING, RG8 7DP

    ODS code K81012

    2.5 km

  • THE POTTERIES

    TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW

    ODS code K81004

    2.7 km

  • GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG

    ODS code K81078

    3.6 km

  • THEALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    ENGLEFIELD ROAD, THEALE, READING, RG7 5AS

    ODS code K81077

    4.8 km

  • WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES

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

    ODS code K81062

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Highfield Road

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.0 miles

  • Highfield Road

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.0 miles

  • Cecil Aldin Drive

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

  • Cecil Aldin Drive

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

  • Sherwood Rise

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 004D, 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

30,860 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

Schools

41 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Long Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 0 m.

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

Recorded crime

405 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 137 events.

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