RG5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Woodley, 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 RG5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 7% of people in RG5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RG5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RG5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RG5 at a rate of 40.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 71.0 per 1,000 people across the RG postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 93 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RG5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (497), other crime (228) and anti-social behaviour (143).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RG5 was 43.7 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 RG5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RG5 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RG5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wokingham 003A | 1,548 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Wokingham 003B | 1,525 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Wokingham 003C | 1,398 | 16.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 003D | 1,585 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Wokingham 004A | 1,164 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Wokingham 004C | 2,748 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.3% |
| Wokingham 004D | 1,410 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Wokingham 004E | 1,706 | 19.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 005A | 1,524 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Wokingham 005B | 1,639 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| Wokingham 005C | 2,067 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.8% |
| Wokingham 005D | 1,757 | 90.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.3% |
| Wokingham 007A | 1,301 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Wokingham 007B | 1,606 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Wokingham 007C | 1,141 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Wokingham 007D | 1,231 | 18.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wokingham 007E | 2,120 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.8% |
| Wokingham 007F | 1,375 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for RG5
- Yuan YangLabourMP for Earley and Woodley100% of RG5’s postcodes
- Clive JonesLiberal DemocratMP for Wokingham0.2% of RG5’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 RG54
Postcode sectors in RG52
Council1
Towns in RG51
Postcode districts next to RG54
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RG postcode area2
RG5 in brief
RG5 is a postcode district covering Woodley, in Wokingham.
About 28,720 people lived in RG5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 387 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RG5 was £450,000 in 2025.
RG5 had 28,019 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in RG5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RG5, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.