Property market
The five-year median is £437,600 from 1,839 recorded sales in RG5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Wokingham is £498,941 in June 2026, down 3.1% year on year.
RG5
UK postcode district
Part of Reading
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 675
- Current units
- 504
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 171
Postcode sectors in RG5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
14,516 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Eastwood Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3PY | 19 July 2026 | £354,580 |
| 10, Messenger Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4TR | 17 July 2026 | £550,000 |
| 96, Rochester Avenue, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4NB | 16 July 2026 | £453,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,196
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 496
- Shoplifting 137
- Anti social behaviour 116
- Public order 94
- Criminal damage and arson 86
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- RG5 usual residents
- 27,826
- Age-profile population
- 28,024
Age bands in RG5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.6%
- 5,494 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- 2,647 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.8%
- 7,233 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- 7,370 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
- 5,280 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 498 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 493 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 457 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
LODDON VALE PRACTICE
HURRICANE WAY, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4UX
ODS code K81069
WOODLEY PRACTICE
WOODLEY CENTRE SURGERY, 6 HEADLEY ROAD, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4JA
ODS code K81051
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,196 published events cover 12 months, averaging 100 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 496 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.