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RG8 8HX

Tilehurst & Purley · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Tilehurst & Purley
Local authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire
Postcode district
RG8
Postcode sector
RG8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG8 8DZ 43 m
RG8 8HY 59 m
RG8 8DW 122 m
RG8 8EL 123 m
RG8 8BB 124 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG8 8HX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG8
Postcode sector
RG8 8
Latitude
51.477273
Longitude
-1.045268
British National Grid easting
466,400
British National Grid northing
175,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward
Tilehurst & Purley · E05012153
Parish or community
E04001186
Westminster constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire · E14001439
Output area
E00082420
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 004C · E01016317
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 004 · E02003370

Postcode source versions

Explore RG8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
31
Secondary
7

  1. Westwood Farm Infant School

    Community school

    447 m

  2. Westwood Farm Junior School

    Community school

    447 m

  3. Brookfields School

    Academy special converter

    457 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
585
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 225
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Shoplifting 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 56
  • Other theft 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RG8 8 residents
5,765

Age bands in RG8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

926 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.9%

666 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

1,036 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

1,780 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

1,178 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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY

    92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP

    ODS code K81644

    1.8 km

  • WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR

    ODS code K81056

    1.9 km

  • THE POTTERIES

    TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW

    ODS code K81004

    2.3 km

  • THE BOAT HOUSE SURGERY

    WHITCHURCH ROAD, PANGBOURNE, READING, RG8 7DP

    ODS code K81012

    3.0 km

  • GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG

    ODS code K81078

    3.1 km

  • WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES

    WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT

    ODS code K81062

    4.4 km

  • THEALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    ENGLEFIELD ROAD, THEALE, READING, RG7 5AS

    ODS code K81077

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Oxford Road

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

  • Oxford Road

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

  • Goodliffe Gardens

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

  • Goodliffe Gardens

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

  • Footpath to Highfield Road

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 004C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,654 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
7 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

49 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 7 secondary schools. Westwood Farm Infant School is the nearest published school at 447 m.

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

Recorded crime

585 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 225 events.

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