RG30
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Reading, Churchend and Southcote, in Reading and West Berkshire.
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 RG30 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 70% of people in RG30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG30 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG30 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG30 at a rate of 104.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 522 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG30.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,152), other crime (1,045) and shoplifting (577).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG30 was 98.6 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 RG30, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG30 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 RG30
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading 005B | 1,574 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Reading 006A | 1,539 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Reading 006B | 1,936 | 176.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Reading 006C | 1,700 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Reading 006D | 1,685 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Reading 006E | 1,797 | 118.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Reading 007C | 2,809 | 158.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Reading 007D | 2,548 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| Reading 007E | 2,111 | 57.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Reading 008A | 1,627 | 105.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Reading 008B | 1,802 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Reading 008C | 1,422 | 119.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Reading 008D | 1,774 | 99.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Reading 008E | 1,510 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Reading 008F | 1,703 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Reading 009A | 1,528 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Reading 009B | 1,477 | 307.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Reading 009C | 2,084 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Reading 009D | 1,538 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Reading 009E | 1,597 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Reading 013D | 2,263 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.7% |
| Reading 015A | 2,106 | 113.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.8% |
| Reading 015B | 1,563 | 117.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Reading 015C | 1,295 | 447.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Reading 015D | 1,406 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Reading 015E | 1,582 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Reading 015F | 1,426 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Berkshire 008A | 1,470 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| West Berkshire 015C | 1,429 | 116.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 74.6% |
MPs for RG30
- Olivia BaileyLabourMP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire55% of RG30’s postcodes
- Matt RoddaLabourMP for Reading Central45% of RG30’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 RG305
Postcode sectors in RG306
Councils RG30 covers2
Towns in RG301
Postcode districts next to RG305
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RG postcode area2
RG30 in brief
RG30 is a postcode district covering Reading, Churchend and Southcote, in Reading and West Berkshire.
About 51,199 people lived in RG30 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 583 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 104.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG30 was £340,000 in 2025.
RG30 had 49,126 usual residents at the census.
About 70% of people in RG30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG30, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.