RG4 8XA

Emmer Green · Reading · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG4 8XL 135 m
RG4 8UR 139 m
RG4 8XD 178 m
RG4 8XB 197 m
RG4 8UU 200 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG4 8XA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 8
Latitude
51.492897
Longitude
-0.962131
British National Grid easting
472,149
British National Grid northing
177,616

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Reading · E06000038
Parish or community
E43000031
Westminster constituency
Reading Central · E14001438
Output area
E00082888
Lower layer super output area
Reading 001D · E01016411
Middle layer super output area
Reading 001 · E02003389

Postcode source versions

Explore RG4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
24
Secondary
6
  1. Caversham Park Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  2. Emmer Green Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  3. St Martin's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
262
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 130
  • Anti social behaviour 35
  • Other theft 19
  • Shoplifting 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.3
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% 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+
80%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
60%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
60%
Gigabit-capable
60%
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

11

within 5 km

  • EMMER GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81041

    1.3 km

  • BALMORE PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81014

    2.6 km

  • SONNING COMMON HEALTH CTR

    WOOD LANE, SONNING COMMON,READING, READING, RG4 9SW

    ODS code K84020

    2.9 km

  • ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code K81081

    4.3 km

  • BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y02476

    4.3 km

  • CHATHAM STREET SURGERY

    121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE

    ODS code K81026

    4.4 km

  • MELROSE SURGERY

    73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS

    ODS code K81651

    4.6 km

  • WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES

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

    ODS code K81062

    4.6 km

  • LONDON STREET SURGERY

    72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ

    ODS code K81007

    4.6 km

  • GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG

    ODS code K81078

    4.9 km

  • PEMBROKE SURGERY

    31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG

    ODS code K81100

    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

  • Tower Close

    BCT · Emmer Green

    0.0 miles
  • Tower Close

    BCT · Emmer Green

    0.1 miles
  • Rose Hill

    BCT · Emmer Green

    0.1 miles
  • Rose Hill

    BCT · Emmer Green

    0.2 miles
  • Marchwood Avenue

    BCT · Emmer Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reading 001D, 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

32,789 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

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

42 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 6 secondary schools. Caversham Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

262 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 130 events.

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