RG4 9JX

Sonning Common · South Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Reading
Local authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG4 9RG 211 m
RG4 9JS 221 m
RG4 9JY 304 m
RG4 9RF 309 m
RG4 9NP 334 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG4 9JX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 9
Latitude
51.507521
Longitude
-0.974781
British National Grid easting
471,248
British National Grid northing
179,230

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
South Oxfordshire · E07000179
Parish or community
E04012493
Westminster constituency
Henley and Thame · E14001280
Output area
E00146007
Lower layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 020C · E01028664
Middle layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 020 · E02005977

Postcode source versions

Explore RG4

27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
108a, Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9JX 16 November 2023 £847,000
106a, Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9JX 25 April 2023 £750,000
94, Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9JX 5 August 2022 £733,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
14
Secondary
4
  1. Sonning Common Primary School

    Community school

    895 m
  2. Bishopswood School

    Academy special sponsor led

    928 m
  3. Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
172
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 73
  • Anti social behaviour 20
  • Public order 17
  • Shoplifting 13
  • Other crime 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

20 female, 19 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.6
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

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG4 9 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

3

within 5 km

  • SONNING COMMON HEALTH CTR

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

    ODS code K84020

    1.0 km

  • EMMER GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81041

    2.7 km

  • BALMORE PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81014

    4.1 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

  • Essex Way

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles
  • Essex Way

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles
  • Bird Wood Court

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.2 miles
  • Bird Wood Court

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.2 miles
  • Bird in Hand Turn

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Oxfordshire 020C, 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

30,966 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 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
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £750,000 from 3 recorded sales in RG4 9JX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Oxfordshire is £474,283 in June 2026, up 5.2% year on year.

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools. Sonning Common Primary School is the nearest published school at 895 m.

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

Recorded crime

172 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 73 events.

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