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RG9 5HQ

Sonning Common · South Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Henley-On-Thames
Ward
Sonning Common
Local authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame
Postcode district
RG9
Postcode sector
RG9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG9 5HL 46 m
RG9 5HG 94 m
RG4 9TJ 99 m
RG9 5LH 107 m
RG4 9TB 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG9 5HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG9
Postcode sector
RG9 5
Latitude
51.521854
Longitude
-0.982978
British National Grid easting
470,657
British National Grid northing
180,816

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
South Oxfordshire · E07000179
Electoral ward
Sonning Common · E05012854
Parish or community
E04012493
Westminster constituency
Henley and Thame · E14001280
Output area
E00146009
Lower layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 020D · E01028665
Middle layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 020 · E02005977

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
13, Shiplake Bottom, Peppard Common, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 5HQ 19 July 2002 £148,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
10
Secondary
3

  1. Bishopswood School

    Academy special sponsor led

    765 m

  2. Sonning Common Primary School

    Community school

    798 m

  3. Peppard Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
203
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 88
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Public order 18
  • Other crime 14
  • Shoplifting 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
RG9 5 residents
4,223

Age bands in RG9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

694 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

429 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.1%

957 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

1,479 residents

Age 65 and over
21.5%

973 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG9 5 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

2

within 5 km

  • SONNING COMMON HEALTH CTR

    WOOD LANE, SONNING COMMON,READING, READING, RG4 9SW

    ODS code K84020

    698 m

  • EMMER GREEN SURGERY

    4 ST. BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA

    ODS code K81041

    4.3 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

  • Sedgewell Road

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles

  • Gravel Hill Top

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles

  • Gravel Hill Top

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles

  • Gravel Hill Top

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.1 miles

  • Sedgewell Road

    BCT · Sonning Common

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Oxfordshire 020D, 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

33,008 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
5 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
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

15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. Bishopswood School is the nearest published school at 765 m.

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

Recorded crime

203 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 88 events.

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