RG23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Basingstoke, Winklebury and East Oakley, in 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 RG23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in RG23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG23 at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 85 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (423), other crime (171) and anti-social behaviour (138).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG23 was 62.4 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 RG23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG23 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 RG23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke and Deane 010B | 1,255 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 010C | 1,323 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 010D | 1,363 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.2% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 010E | 1,519 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 013E | 1,498 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.3% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 015A | 1,267 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 015B | 1,568 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.3% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 015C | 1,440 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.8% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 015D | 1,415 | 20.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.0% |
MPs for RG23
- Luke MurphyLabourMP for Basingstoke98% of RG23’s postcodes
- Damian HindsConservativeMP for East Hampshire1.9% of RG23’s postcodes
- Kit MalthouseConservativeMP for North West Hampshire0.2% of RG23’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 RG232
Postcode sectors in RG232
Council1
Towns in RG231
Postcode districts next to RG236
Nearest rail stations1
More in the RG postcode area2
RG23 in brief
RG23 is a postcode district covering Basingstoke, Winklebury and East Oakley, in Basingstoke and Deane.
About 14,252 people lived in RG23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 275 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG23 was £425,000 in 2025.
RG23 had 13,383 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in RG23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG23, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.