RG20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kingsclere, 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 RG20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 74% of people in RG20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG20 at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (340), other crime (176) and criminal damage and arson (99).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG20 was 47.3 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 RG20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG20 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke and Deane 003A | 1,416 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 42.6% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 003B | 1,528 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 27.2% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 003C | 1,622 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.3% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 003D | 1,370 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 45.9% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 003E | 1,634 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 58.5% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 004C | 1,757 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 004D | 1,571 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 83.8% |
| West Berkshire 001A | 1,590 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.0% |
| West Berkshire 001B | 1,789 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 7.5% |
| West Berkshire 001C | 1,425 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.6% |
| West Berkshire 001D | 1,728 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.1% |
| West Berkshire 018C | 1,589 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.6% |
| West Berkshire 018D | 1,393 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.8% |
MPs for RG20
- Kit MalthouseConservativeMP for North West Hampshire49% of RG20’s postcodes
- Mr Lee DillonLiberal DemocratMP for Newbury37% of RG20’s postcodes
- Olivia BaileyLabourMP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire13% of RG20’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 RG203
Postcode sectors in RG207
Councils RG20 covers2
Postcode districts next to RG2012
More in the RG postcode area2
RG20 in brief
RG20 is a postcode district covering Kingsclere, in West Berkshire and Basingstoke and Deane.
About 19,365 people lived in RG20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £600,000 in 2025 across 227 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG20 was £600,000 in 2025.
RG20 had 19,530 usual residents at the census.
About 74% of people in RG20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG20, 60.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.