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Coley

Ward

South Reading. About 11,706 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 97% of people in Coley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
11,034
Joint 1,985th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
97%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Coley compares

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

ColeyMiddle
Population16 wards, Reading · 2021
Population: every ward in Reading16 areas from 7,810 to 14,709. The middle area is 11,221. Coley is 11,034.
11,0348th 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%. Coley is 97.0%.
97%7th 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%. Coley is 98.2%.
98.2%6th lowest
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%. Coley is 5.9%.
5.9%2nd highest

Is Coley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Coley at a rate of 120.4 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, 142 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Coley.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (460), shoplifting (261) and other crime (254).

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 Coley 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
Coley in brief

Coley had 11,034 usual residents at the census.

About 97% of people in Coley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Coley, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Coley, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.