Reading 002B
NeighbourhoodNorth Reading. 1,532 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.5 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Reading 002B is in decile 10.
How Reading 002B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Reading 002B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Reading 002B at a rate of 15.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 23.9 per 1,000 people across Caversham Heights.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 3 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Reading 002B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (12), criminal damage and arson (7) and anti-social behaviour (2).
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 002B alone. See Reading
Reading 002B in brief
Reading 002B has a deprivation score of 2.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Reading 002B was £620,000 in 2025.
Reading 002B had 1,576 usual residents at the census.
In Reading 002B, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.