RG45
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Crowthorne and Broadmoor Estate, in Bracknell Forest and 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 RG45 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in RG45 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG45 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG45 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG45 at a rate of 49.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 94 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG45.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (304), other crime (166) and anti-social behaviour (106).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG45 was 46.5 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 RG45, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG45 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG45
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracknell Forest 012A | 1,941 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Bracknell Forest 012B | 2,110 | 113.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Bracknell Forest 012D | 1,914 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.4% |
| Bracknell Forest 013A | 2,005 | 116.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.1% |
| Wokingham 020B | 1,704 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Wokingham 020C | 1,804 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| Wokingham 020D | 1,608 | 11.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.0% |
| Wokingham 020E | 1,663 | 20.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
MPs for RG45
- Peter SwallowLabourMP for Bracknell62% of RG45’s postcodes
- Clive JonesLiberal DemocratMP for Wokingham38% of RG45’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 RG452
Postcode sectors in RG452
Councils RG45 covers2
Towns in RG451
Postcode districts next to RG454
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RG postcode area2
RG45 in brief
RG45 is a postcode district covering Crowthorne and Broadmoor Estate, in Bracknell Forest and Wokingham.
About 15,961 people lived in RG45 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £503,500 in 2025 across 244 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG45 was £503,500 in 2025.
RG45 had 14,774 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in RG45 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG45, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.