Reading

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:30

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

886 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences255
• Shoplifting168
• Other theft92
• Anti-social behaviour89

139 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Abbey and Battle · Thames Valley

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

250 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 281 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 355 rated 4–5 ★ (274 top)
• 29 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

£350,501 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Reading · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,574 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,116
• 2 bed £1,393
• 3 bed £1,671

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,833 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

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

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

105 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK16,941
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK18,803
• Net moves−1,862

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 147 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reading

190 CQC-registered services

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

CQC ratings: 88% 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)

184 applications decided

88.6% granted · 163 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

8,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4,550 jobs advertised · £46,215 avg

e.g. Lead Clinician SALT, Delivery Driver (Part Time) - Stanford in the Vale, Delivery Driver (Part Time 24 hours) - Weybridge

Source: Adzuna

£805 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% 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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 25% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 9%

219 gCO₂/kWh · 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 2015550 local signatures · 3,919 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks293 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND163 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills143 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after137 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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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