RG19
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thatcham, Colthrop and Headley, in West Berkshire and Basingstoke and Deane.
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 RG19 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 47% of people in RG19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG19 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG19 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG19 at a rate of 72.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 114 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG19.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (607), other crime (208) and anti-social behaviour (143).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG19 was 76.8 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 RG19, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG19 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG19
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke and Deane 004E | 1,786 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.6% |
| West Berkshire 011F | 2,855 | 122.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.4% |
| West Berkshire 014A | 1,404 | 15.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| West Berkshire 014C | 1,350 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| West Berkshire 014D | 2,023 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| West Berkshire 016A | 1,393 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| West Berkshire 016C | 1,556 | 166.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.0% |
| West Berkshire 017C | 2,385 | 81.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.9% |
| West Berkshire 017D | 1,769 | 23.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.8% |
| West Berkshire 019F | 1,764 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.6% |
MPs for RG19
- Mr Lee DillonLiberal DemocratMP for Newbury81% of RG19’s postcodes
- Kit MalthouseConservativeMP for North West Hampshire14% of RG19’s postcodes
- Yuan YangLabourMP for Earley and Woodley4.1% of RG19’s postcodes
- Olivia BaileyLabourMP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire1.0% of RG19’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 RG191
Postcode sectors in RG195
Councils RG19 covers2
Towns in RG192
Postcode districts next to RG195
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RG postcode area2
RG19 in brief
RG19 is a postcode district covering Thatcham, Colthrop and Headley, in West Berkshire and Basingstoke and Deane.
About 18,155 people lived in RG19 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £360,000 in 2025 across 297 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG19 was £360,000 in 2025.
RG19 had 17,993 usual residents at the census.
About 47% of people in RG19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG19, 87.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.