Reading

18°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 16° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:23

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

880 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences289
• Shoplifting164
• Anti-social behaviour109
• Public order73

81 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Abbey and Battle · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

251 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 277 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 358 rated 4–5 ★ (261 top)
• 35 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Reading West (0.5 km)
• 81 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£361,243 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Reading · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,573 average monthly rent▲ 1.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,115
• 2 bed £1,392
• 3 bed £1,670

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (7.4 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

103 charging locations within ~8 km

• 29 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Antstey Road (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms15
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches32
• Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

174,224 residents in Reading · 4,313/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 69%
• 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 141 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,613 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (41% of 77,290)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

72 schools · 26,837 pupils

41 primary · 11 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 24 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reading

189 CQC-registered services

• Care homes32
• GP practices33
• Dentists34
• Homecare agencies61
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Reading

• In a conservation area (Russell Street and Castle Hill)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 324 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

148 applications decided

87.8% granted · 130 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Matt Rodda

Labour

Reading Central

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 29
• Con 5
• LD 3
• Grn 11

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools22
• GPs & clinics13
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets18
• Parks & greens36
• Restaurants & cafés255

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6,334 jobs advertised · £46,077 avg

e.g. SEN Teacher, Roadside Technician Nights - Reading / Oxford, Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required

Source: Adzuna

£805 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,812 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 89,722 certificates

10.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

21% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Imports 14% · Biomass 8% · Wind 8%

271 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63 women · 61.7 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

21 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in RG1

• Orthotics Clinic South Block
• London Street Surgery
• Chatham Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reading Central:

• Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015548 local signatures · 3,696 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership441 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership341 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s320 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office185 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Holy Trinity Church, Reading · 0.2 km

  Holy Trinity Church, also known as the Church of the Holy Trinity, is a Church of England parish church in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated on the Oxford Road some 500 metres (1,6…

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  Carey Baptist Church, Reading · 0.3 km

  Carey Baptist Church is an independent evangelical/Baptist church in Reading, England.

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  Yeomanry House, Reading · 0.3 km

  Yeomanry House is a former military installation in Reading, Berkshire. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Royal Meteorological Society · 0.3 km

  The Royal Meteorological Society is an organization that promotes academic and public engagement in weather and climate science. Fellows of the Society must possess relevant qualifications, but Members can be lay enth…

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  All Saints' Church, Reading · 0.4 km

  All Saints' Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The church is on Downshire Square, a tree-lined square in West Reading close to the Bath Road. It is p…

• Royal Berkshire Archives · 0.4 km

  The Royal Berkshire Archives is the record office for the county of Berkshire in the United Kingdom. It is located in Reading. It opened as the Berkshire Record Office on 10 August 1948 in The Forbury, Reading. It mo…

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