RG5 4EG

Loddon · Wokingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Reading
Ward
Loddon
Local authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Earley and Woodley
Postcode district
RG5
Postcode sector
RG5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG5 4EH 57 m
RG5 4ED 84 m
RG5 4DW 96 m
RG5 4EU 118 m
RG5 4DP 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG5 4EG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG5
Postcode sector
RG5 4
Latitude
51.447584
Longitude
-0.890187
British National Grid easting
477,220
British National Grid northing
172,650

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Wokingham · E06000041
Electoral ward
Loddon · E05015790
Parish or community
E04001243
Westminster constituency
Earley and Woodley · E14001210
Output area
E00084098
Lower layer super output area
Wokingham 007A · E01016661
Middle layer super output area
Wokingham 007 · E02003445

Postcode source versions

Explore RG5

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Greenham Close, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4EG 19 March 2021 £425,000
6, Greenham Close, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4EG 10 April 2018 £495,000
8, Greenham Close, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4EG 18 April 2017 £430,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
35
Secondary
9
  1. Rivermead Primary School

    Academy converter

    454 m
  2. Woodley CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    982 m
  3. Beechwood Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
837
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 345
  • Public order 92
  • Anti social behaviour 91
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Other theft 67

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

11 female, 13 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.4
RG5 4 residents
16,270

Age bands in RG5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.1%

3,317 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,602 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.7%

4,412 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

4,328 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

2,861 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG5 4 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

9

within 5 km

  • LODDON VALE PRACTICE

    HURRICANE WAY, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4UX

    ODS code K81069

    748 m

  • WOODLEY PRACTICE

    WOODLEY CENTRE SURGERY, 6 HEADLEY ROAD, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4JA

    ODS code K81051

    1.2 km

  • BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K81047

    2.2 km

  • PARKSIDE PRACTICE

    224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS

    ODS code K81045

    3.1 km

  • TWYFORD SURGERY

    6 LODDON HALL ROAD, TWYFORD, READING, RG10 9JA

    ODS code K81070

    4.2 km

  • PEMBROKE SURGERY

    31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG

    ODS code K81100

    4.3 km

  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K81605

    4.5 km

  • WOOSEHILL PRACTICE

    WOOSEHILL MEDICAL CENTRE, FERNLEA DRIVE, WOOSEHILL, WOKINGHAM, RG41 3DR

    ODS code K81092

    4.6 km

  • MELROSE SURGERY

    73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS

    ODS code K81651

    4.9 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

  • Oak Drive

    BCT · Woodley

    0.0 miles
  • Oak Drive

    BCT · Woodley

    0.0 miles
  • Oak Drive

    BCT · Woodley

    0.1 miles
  • Austin Road

    BCT · Woodley

    0.2 miles
  • Dunbar Drive

    BCT · Woodley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wokingham 007A, 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

31,536 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
1
Low risk addresses
5
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

Schools

58 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 9 secondary schools. Rivermead Primary School is the nearest published school at 454 m.

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

Recorded crime

837 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 345 events.

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