RG8 9PT

Basildon · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Berkshire
Postcode district
RG8
Postcode sector
RG8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG8 9PX 192 m
RG8 9PU 450 m
RG8 9FB 468 m
RG8 9LH 541 m
RG8 9PY 549 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG8 9PT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG8
Postcode sector
RG8 9
Latitude
51.533790
Longitude
-1.146045
British National Grid easting
459,328
British National Grid northing
181,999

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward
Basildon · E05012133
Parish or community
E04001191
Output area
E00082140
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 003B · E01016257
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 003 · E02003369

Postcode source versions

Explore RG8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Goring Church of England Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  2. Streatley Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. South Stoke Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
101
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 17
  • Other crime 8
  • Other theft 8
  • Vehicle crime 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

4 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
RG8 9 residents
2,921

Age bands in RG8 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

418 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

233 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.2%

479 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.3%

847 residents

Age 65 and over
29.2%

816 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG8 9 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • GORING & WOODCOTE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, WAYSIDE GREEN, WOODCOTE, READING, RG8 0PR

    ODS code K84071

    4.8 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

  • Streatley Farm

    BCT · Streatley

    0.1 miles
  • Streatley Farm

    BCT · Streatley

    0.1 miles
  • Wallingford Road

    BCT · Goring

    0.6 miles
  • Wallingford Road

    BCT · Goring

    0.6 miles
  • Elvendon Crossroads

    BCT · Goring

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 003B, 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

28,733 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

7 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Goring Church of England Aided 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

101 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 34 events.

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