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Caversham Heights

Ward

North Reading. About 9,353 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Caversham Heights live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,533
2,660th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Caversham Heights compares

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

Caversham HeightsMiddle
Population16 wards, Reading · 2021
Population: every ward in Reading16 areas from 7,810 to 14,709. The middle area is 11,221. Caversham Heights is 9,533.
9,5333rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares16 wards, Reading · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Reading16 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 82.0%. Caversham Heights is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage16 wards, Reading · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Reading16 areas from 78.3% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.6%. Caversham Heights is 98.7%.
98.7%joint 7th highest
Claimant rate16 wards, Reading · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Reading16 areas from 1.5% to 6.0%. The middle area is 4.5%. Caversham Heights is 1.5%.
1.5%lowest

Is Caversham Heights safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Caversham Heights at a rate of 29.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 111.5 per 1,000 people across Reading.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Caversham Heights.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (130), other crime (56) and anti-social behaviour (28).

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 ward, so they describe all of Reading and not Caversham Heights alone. See Reading

Average house price
£350,501
Down 0.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,700
126th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
Joint 101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.6
Joint 142nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Caversham Heights in brief

Caversham Heights had 9,533 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Caversham Heights live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Caversham Heights, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Caversham Heights, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.