RG18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thatcham, in West Berkshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an RG18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 10% of people in RG18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG18 at a rate of 45.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 67 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (357), anti-social behaviour (172) and other crime (161).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG18 was 46.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in RG18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG18 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Berkshire 007A | 2,415 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.5% |
| West Berkshire 007D | 1,373 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| West Berkshire 007E | 1,601 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.9% |
| West Berkshire 007F | 3,265 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.0% |
| West Berkshire 014B | 1,961 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| West Berkshire 014E | 1,407 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.3% |
| West Berkshire 016B | 1,533 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| West Berkshire 016D | 1,718 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| West Berkshire 016E | 1,341 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| West Berkshire 017A | 1,262 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| West Berkshire 017B | 1,503 | 18.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
MPs for RG18
- Mr Lee DillonLiberal DemocratMP for Newbury83% of RG18’s postcodes
- Olivia BaileyLabourMP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire17% of RG18’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in RG183
Postcode sectors in RG184
Council1
Towns in RG181
Postcode districts next to RG185
More in the RG postcode area2
RG18 in brief
RG18 is a postcode district covering Thatcham, in West Berkshire.
About 20,192 people lived in RG18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £440,375 in 2025 across 266 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG18 was £440,375 in 2025.
RG18 had 20,215 usual residents at the census.
About 10% of people in RG18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG18, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.