RG31 7SG

Tilehurst Birch Copse · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Berkshire
Postcode district
RG31
Postcode sector
RG31 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG31 7SE 1 m
RG31 7SD 192 m
RG31 7EY 196 m
RG31 7EX 199 m
RG31 7GA 213 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG31 7SG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG31
Postcode sector
RG31 7
Latitude
51.441526
Longitude
-1.063697
British National Grid easting
465,171
British National Grid northing
171,808

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Parish or community
E04001197
Output area
E00082143
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 006A · E01016259
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 006 · E02003372

Postcode source versions

Explore RG31

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
29
Secondary
6
  1. Calcot Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    881 m
  2. Calcot Junior School

    Community school

    881 m
  3. Haywards Farm School

    Other independent special school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
840
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 278
  • Shoplifting 187
  • Public order 85
  • Anti social behaviour 72
  • Criminal damage and arson 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RG31 7 residents
6,580

Age bands in RG31 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

1,130 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

639 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.7%

1,829 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.9%

1,842 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,173 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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • THEALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    ENGLEFIELD ROAD, THEALE, READING, RG7 5AS

    ODS code K81077

    1.2 km

  • WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR

    ODS code K81056

    2.6 km

  • TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY

    92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP

    ODS code K81644

    2.7 km

  • THE POTTERIES

    TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW

    ODS code K81004

    3.4 km

  • GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG

    ODS code K81078

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Dunelm

    BCT · Calcot

    0.1 miles
  • Calcot Sainsbury's

    BCT · Calcot

    0.1 miles
  • IKEA

    BCT · Calcot

    0.1 miles
  • Mayfield Avenue

    BCT · Calcot

    0.3 miles
  • Mayfield Avenue

    BCT · Calcot

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 006A, 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

31,019 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 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

Schools

47 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 6 secondary schools. Calcot Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 881 m.

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

Recorded crime

840 published events cover 12 months, averaging 70 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 278 events.

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