RG26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Tadley and Bramley, 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 RG26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 19% of people in RG26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG26 at a rate of 38.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (350), other crime (163) and anti-social behaviour (146).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG26 was 40.0 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 RG26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG26 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke and Deane 001A | 1,424 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 001B | 1,789 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 001C | 1,446 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.6% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 001D | 1,893 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.2% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 001E | 1,174 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.5% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 002B | 1,354 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.5% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 002C | 1,272 | 19.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 002D | 1,506 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 002E | 1,244 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.3% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 002F | 1,247 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 70.5% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 004A | 1,248 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 004B | 1,216 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 005A | 1,828 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.4% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 005B | 2,050 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane 005F | 1,320 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% |
MPs for RG26
- Kit MalthouseConservativeMP for North West Hampshire79% of RG26’s postcodes
- Alex BrewerLiberal DemocratMP for North East Hampshire20% of RG26’s postcodes
- Olivia BaileyLabourMP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire0.9% of RG26’s postcodes
- Luke MurphyLabourMP for Basingstoke0.2% of RG26’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 RG262
Postcode sectors in RG264
Council1
Towns in RG261
Postcode districts next to RG267
More in the RG postcode area2
RG26 in brief
RG26 is a postcode district covering Tadley and Bramley, in Basingstoke and Deane.
About 23,726 people lived in RG26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £405,000 in 2025 across 391 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 38.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG26 was £405,000 in 2025.
RG26 had 23,198 usual residents at the census.
About 19% of people in RG26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG26, 83.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.