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RG7 1YL

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Wokingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
Local authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Earley and Woodley
Postcode district
RG7
Postcode sector
RG7 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG7 1PE 81 m
RG7 1DA 202 m
RG7 1PF 208 m
RG7 1DG 247 m
RG7 1DH 250 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG7 1YL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
1 December 1998
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG7
Postcode sector
RG7 1
Latitude
51.392141
Longitude
-0.964109
British National Grid easting
472,170
British National Grid northing
166,409

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Wokingham · E06000041
Electoral ward
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · E05015795
Parish or community
E04001235
Westminster constituency
Earley and Woodley · E14001210
Output area
E00084196
Lower layer super output area
Wokingham 017H · E01035266
Middle layer super output area
Wokingham 017 · E02003455

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
16
Secondary
3

  1. Lambs Lane Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  2. Oakbank School

    Free schools

    1.2 km

  3. Alder Grove Church of England Primary School

    Free schools

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
382
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 166
  • Anti social behaviour 63
  • Other theft 39
  • Public order 33
  • Criminal damage and arson 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RG7 1 residents
10,584

Age bands in RG7 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.6%

2,294 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

857 residents

Age 25 to 44
33.1%

3,519 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.2%

2,474 residents

Age 65 and over
14.1%

1,499 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • SWALLOWFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE STREET, SWALLOWFIELD, READING, RG7 1QY

    ODS code K81003

    1.6 km

  • SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SHINFIELD HOUSE, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH

    ODS code Y02128

    1.9 km

  • SOUTH READING & SHINFIELD GROUP MED PRAC

    SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACT, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH

    ODS code K81633

    1.9 km

  • LONG BARN LANE SURGERY

    22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ

    ODS code K81048

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Grovelands Road

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.1 miles

  • Grovelands Road

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.2 miles

  • Peartree Walk

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.2 miles

  • Peartree Walk

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.3 miles

  • Appletree Lane

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wokingham 017H, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,293 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools. Lambs Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

382 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 166 events.

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