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RG40

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Wokingham, Dowlesgreen and Wick Hill, in Wokingham.

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 RG40 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in RG40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£525,000
Joint 238th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
33,172
743rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How RG40 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

RG40Middle
Median sale price30 postcode districts, RG · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in RG30 areas from £299,950 to £750,000. The middle area is £445,188. RG40 is £525,000.
£525,0006th most expensive
Population30 postcode districts, RG · 2021
Population: every postcode district in RG30 areas from 6,442 to 59,153. The middle area is 28,111. RG40 is 33,172.
33,17211th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares30 postcode districts, RG · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in RG30 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 58.0%. RG40 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage30 postcode districts, RG · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in RG30 areas from 29.5% to 99.5%. The middle area is 90.8%. RG40 is 94.4%.
94.4%10th highest

Is RG40 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG40 at a rate of 54.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 189 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG40.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (686), other crime (367) and anti-social behaviour (237).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG40 was 56.6 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 RG40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG40 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in RG40

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Wokingham 013B2,10759.4 per 1,0001092.6%
Wokingham 013C1,82056.8 per 1,000398.9%
Wokingham 013D1,85344.4 per 1,000899.9%
Wokingham 013E1,808133.3 per 1,000886.5%
Wokingham 014A2,79723.5 per 1,0001099.9%
Wokingham 014B2,73930.6 per 1,0001099.9%
Wokingham 014F1,93356.0 per 1,000998.7%
Wokingham 014G2,02535.6 per 1,0001094.1%
Wokingham 016E1,749154.8 per 1,0001092.1%
Wokingham 018G3,32255.4 per 1,000790.9%
Wokingham 019B1,47815.6 per 1,0001099.5%
Wokingham 019C1,13028.8 per 1,0001080.2%
Wokingham 019D1,27816.7 per 1,00010100.0%
Wokingham 019E1,58223.9 per 1,000993.3%
Wokingham 019F1,57866.0 per 1,0001089.0%
Wokingham 019G1,38423.4 per 1,0001098.0%
Wokingham 020A1,64252.9 per 1,000492.4%

MPs for RG40

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 RG403

Postcode sectors in RG406

Council1

Towns in RG402

Postcode districts next to RG4010

Nearest rail stations4

More in the RG postcode area2

RG40 in brief

RG40 is a postcode district covering Wokingham, Dowlesgreen and Wick Hill, in Wokingham.

About 35,307 people lived in RG40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £525,000 in 2025 across 608 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in RG40 was £525,000 in 2025.

RG40 had 33,172 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in RG40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In RG40, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.