RG2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Reading, Whitley and Arborfield Garrison, in Reading and Wokingham.
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 RG2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 5% of people in RG2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG2 at a rate of 84.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 383 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,721), other crime (865) and shoplifting (501).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG2 was 94.0 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 RG2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG2 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading 014B | 1,283 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
| Reading 014C | 1,877 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Reading 016A | 3,551 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.4% |
| Reading 016B | 1,708 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Reading 016C | 1,653 | 130.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Reading 016D | 1,729 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Reading 017A | 1,585 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Reading 017B | 1,406 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Reading 017C | 1,790 | 130.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Reading 017D | 1,427 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Reading 017F | 1,636 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Reading 017G | 2,138 | 117.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Reading 017H | 1,700 | 167.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| Reading 017I | 1,389 | 134.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.1% |
| Reading 018A | 1,765 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Reading 018B | 1,434 | 127.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Reading 018C | 1,986 | 141.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Reading 018D | 1,531 | 138.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Reading 018E | 1,530 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Wokingham 012D | 2,270 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Wokingham 012E | 1,362 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 012H | 1,993 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Wokingham 012I | 1,709 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Wokingham 012J | 1,716 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Wokingham 018B | 1,934 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.2% |
| Wokingham 018E | 1,592 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.8% |
| Wokingham 018F | 1,421 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.4% |
MPs for RG2
- Yuan YangLabourMP for Earley and Woodley68% of RG2’s postcodes
- Clive JonesLiberal DemocratMP for Wokingham19% of RG2’s postcodes
- Matt RoddaLabourMP for Reading Central13% of RG2’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 RG25
Postcode sectors in RG26
Councils RG2 covers2
Towns in RG21
Postcode districts next to RG26
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RG postcode area2
RG2 in brief
RG2 is a postcode district covering Reading, Whitley and Arborfield Garrison, in Reading and Wokingham.
About 51,981 people lived in RG2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £390,000 in 2025 across 549 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 84.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG2 was £390,000 in 2025.
RG2 had 47,354 usual residents at the census.
About 5% of people in RG2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG2, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.