Reading 005B
NeighbourhoodWest Reading. 1,550 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.3 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Reading 005B is in decile 7.
How Reading 005B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Reading 005B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Reading 005B at a rate of 42.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 39.6 per 1,000 people across Tilehurst North.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 11 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Reading 005B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (28), other crime (15) and anti-social behaviour (8).
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.
Figures for the whole of Reading
These figures are published for the whole of Reading, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Reading and not Reading 005B alone. See Reading
Reading 005B in brief
Reading 005B has a deprivation score of 14.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Reading 005B was £327,500 in 2025.
Reading 005B had 1,574 usual residents at the census.
In Reading 005B, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.