RG4 9JG

Thames · Reading · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Thames
Local authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG1 8BP 99 m
RG1 8FR 176 m
RG4 8DQ 218 m
RG1 8BQ 245 m
RG1 8BW 255 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG4 9JG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
1 March 2004
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 9
Latitude
51.461293
Longitude
-0.963553
British National Grid easting
472,100
British National Grid northing
174,100

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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
92
Primary
54
Secondary
13
  1. New Bridge Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    564 m
  2. Thameside Primary School

    Community school

    707 m
  3. St Anne's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    753 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8,670
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,709
  • Shoplifting 1,790
  • Public order 758
  • Other theft 718
  • Anti social behaviour 595

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RG4 9 residents
5,980

Age bands in RG4 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,046 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

508 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.8%

1,117 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

1,744 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

1,539 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

18

within 5 km straight-line

  • MELROSE SURGERY

    73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS

    ODS code K81651

    1.1 km

  • ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code K81081

    1.1 km

  • BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code Y02476

    1.1 km

  • LONDON STREET SURGERY

    72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ

    ODS code K81007

    1.1 km

  • BALMORE PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81014

    1.3 km

  • CHATHAM STREET SURGERY

    121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE

    ODS code K81026

    1.4 km

  • PEMBROKE SURGERY

    31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG

    ODS code K81100

    1.6 km

  • MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81040

    2.0 km

  • WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES

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

    ODS code K81062

    2.1 km

  • COLEY PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81636

    2.4 km

  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K81605

    2.4 km

  • EMMER GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81041

    2.6 km

  • PARKSIDE PRACTICE

    224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS

    ODS code K81045

    2.7 km

  • LONG BARN LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81048

    2.8 km

  • GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG

    ODS code K81078

    3.2 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

    4.3 km

  • BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K81047

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Hills Meadow

    BCT · Lower Caversham

    0.2 miles
  • Hills Meadow

    BCT · Lower Caversham

    0.2 miles
  • Kings Meadow Road

    BCT · Kings Meadow

    0.2 miles
  • Kings Meadow Road

    BCT · Kings Meadow

    0.2 miles
  • Caversham Laundry

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

92 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 13 secondary schools. New Bridge Nursery School is the nearest published school at 564 m.

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

Recorded crime

8,670 published events cover 12 months, averaging 722.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,709 events.

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