RG4 9SU

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 9SZ 35 m
RG4 9SS 46 m
RG4 9SY 63 m
RG4 9RX 96 m
RG4 9RU 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG4 9SU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 9
Latitude
51.519700
Longitude
-0.979379
British National Grid easting
470,910
British National Grid northing
180,580

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
E00146003
Lower layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 020B · E01028663
Middle layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 020 · E02005977

Postcode source versions

Explore RG4

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
26a, Peppard Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9SU 25 March 2025 £180,000
20b, Peppard Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9SU 12 December 2024 £365,000
20c, Peppard Road, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9SU 25 October 2024 £290,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
10
Secondary
3
  1. Bishopswood School

    Academy special sponsor led

    477 m
  2. Sonning Common Primary School

    Community school

    515 m
  3. Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
206
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 90
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Public order 20
  • Shoplifting 14
  • Other crime 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
55

24 female, 31 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.9% 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+
72.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
72.4%
Gigabit-capable
72.4%
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

2

within 5 km

  • SONNING COMMON HEALTH CTR

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

    ODS code K84020

    493 m

  • EMMER GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81041

    4.0 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

  • Sedgewell Road

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles
  • Sedgewell Road

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles
  • Brinds Corner

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles
  • Brinds Corner

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Oxfordshire 020B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,066 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 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
11
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 £335,000 from 10 recorded sales in RG4 9SU. 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. Bishopswood School is the nearest published school at 477 m.

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

Recorded crime

206 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 90 events.

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