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RG4 8EF

Thames · Reading · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Reading
Ward
Thames
Local authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG4 8DU 72 m
RG4 8DP 73 m
RG4 8DN 117 m
RG4 8EN 125 m
RG4 8DL 135 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG4 8EF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2009
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 8
Latitude
51.464116
Longitude
-0.962438
British National Grid easting
472,173
British National Grid northing
174,415

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Reading · E06000038
Electoral ward
Thames · E05013877
Parish or community
E43000031
Westminster constituency
Reading Central · E14001438
Output area
E00082656
Lower layer super output area
Reading 004C · E01016365
Middle layer super output area
Reading 004 · E02003392

Postcode source versions

Explore RG4

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
129, Flat 2, Queens Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8EF 4 July 2014 £1,650,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
91
Primary
53
Secondary
13

  1. New Bridge Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    246 m

  2. St Anne's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    485 m

  3. Thameside Primary School

    Community school

    605 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7,706
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,405
  • Shoplifting 1,682
  • Public order 668
  • Other theft 639
  • Anti social behaviour 496

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

9 female, 11 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.0
RG4 8 residents
10,655

Age bands in RG4 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,054 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

1,071 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.5%

3,176 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.7%

2,760 residents

Age 65 and over
18.8%

2,101 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG4 8 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

18

within 5 km

  • BALMORE PARK SURGERY

    59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS

    ODS code K81014

    1.1 km

  • ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA

    ODS code K81081

    1.4 km

  • BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE

    1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA

    ODS code Y02476

    1.4 km

  • MELROSE SURGERY

    73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS

    ODS code K81651

    1.4 km

  • LONDON STREET SURGERY

    72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ

    ODS code K81007

    1.5 km

  • CHATHAM STREET SURGERY

    121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE

    ODS code K81026

    1.7 km

  • PEMBROKE SURGERY

    31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG

    ODS code K81100

    1.9 km

  • EMMER GREEN SURGERY

    4 ST. BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA

    ODS code K81041

    2.3 km

  • WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES

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

    ODS code K81062

    2.3 km

  • MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY

    MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR

    ODS code K81040

    2.3 km

  • COLEY PARK SURGERY

    80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN

    ODS code K81636

    2.7 km

  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE

    ODS code K81605

    2.7 km

  • PARKSIDE PRACTICE

    224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS

    ODS code K81045

    2.9 km

  • LONG BARN LANE SURGERY

    22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ

    ODS code K81048

    3.1 km

  • GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG

    ODS code K81078

    3.3 km

  • WOODLEY PRACTICE

    WOODLEY CENTRE SURGERY, 6 HEADLEY ROAD, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4JA

    ODS code K81051

    4.2 km

  • THE POTTERIES

    TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW

    ODS code K81004

    4.4 km

  • BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    BROOKSIDE SURGERY, BROOKSIDE CLOSE, EARLEY, READING, RG6 7HG

    ODS code K81047

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Johns Road

    BCT · Lower Caversham

    0.1 miles

  • St Johns Road

    BCT · Lower Caversham

    0.1 miles

  • Caversham Laundry

    BCT · Lower Caversham

    0.2 miles

  • Washington Road

    BCT · Lower Caversham

    0.2 miles

  • Forge Close

    BCT · Lower Caversham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reading 004C, 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

27,028 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 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
11
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

91 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 13 secondary schools. New Bridge Nursery School is the nearest published school at 246 m.

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

Recorded crime

7,706 published events cover 12 months, averaging 642.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,405 events.

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