RG4 9YH

Sonning Common · South Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Local authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG4 9EZ 115 m
RG4 9JR 151 m
RG4 9JT 204 m
RG4 9LD 295 m
RG4 9SH 309 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG4 9YH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
1 June 2000
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG4
Postcode sector
RG4 9
Latitude
51.511724
Longitude
-0.983477
British National Grid easting
470,638
British National Grid northing
179,689

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
E00146000
Lower layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 020C · E01028664
Middle layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 020 · E02005977

Postcode source versions

Explore RG4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
3
  1. Sonning Common Primary School

    Community school

    474 m
  2. Bishopswood School

    Academy special sponsor led

    511 m
  3. Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge

    Academy sponsor led

    569 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
197
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 87
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Public order 19
  • Shoplifting 14
  • Other theft 12

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • SONNING COMMON HEALTH CTR

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

    ODS code K84020

    442 m

  • EMMER GREEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81041

    3.2 km

  • BALMORE PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81014

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Westleigh Drive

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles
  • Westleigh Drive

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles
  • Kidmore End Turn

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.2 miles
  • Kidmore End Turn

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.2 miles
  • Health Centre

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Sonning Common Primary School is the nearest published school at 474 m.

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

Recorded crime

197 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 87 events.

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