RG31
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Reading, Tilehurst and Little Heath, in West Berkshire and Reading.
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 RG31 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 35% of people in RG31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG31 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG31 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG31 at a rate of 46.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 110 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG31.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (487), other crime (249) and shoplifting (215).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG31 was 53.1 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 RG31, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG31 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG31
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading 005A | 1,743 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Reading 005C | 1,671 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Reading 005D | 1,682 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| Reading 005E | 1,492 | 20.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.5% |
| West Berkshire 004A | 1,621 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% |
| West Berkshire 004D | 1,486 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Berkshire 005A | 1,552 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| West Berkshire 005B | 1,628 | 17.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Berkshire 005C | 1,270 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Berkshire 005D | 1,495 | 19.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| West Berkshire 006A | 1,534 | 172.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% |
| West Berkshire 006B | 1,683 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| West Berkshire 006C | 1,366 | 19.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| West Berkshire 006D | 1,537 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.9% |
| West Berkshire 006E | 1,728 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| West Berkshire 008B | 1,453 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.4% |
| West Berkshire 008C | 1,463 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| West Berkshire 008D | 1,477 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
MPs for RG31
- Olivia BaileyLabourMP for Reading West and Mid Berkshire100% of RG31’s postcodes
- Matt RoddaLabourMP for Reading Central0.2% of RG31’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 RG315
Postcode sectors in RG314
Councils RG31 covers2
Towns in RG311
Postcode districts next to RG314
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RG postcode area2
RG31 in brief
RG31 is a postcode district covering Reading, Tilehurst and Little Heath, in West Berkshire and Reading.
About 28,793 people lived in RG31 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £417,000 in 2025 across 415 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG31 was £417,000 in 2025.
RG31 had 28,203 usual residents at the census.
About 35% of people in RG31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG31, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.