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18°CSunny

• Today: 19° / 10° · 7% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:34

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

720 reported · July 2026▲ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences228
• Shoplifting169
• Public order67
• Anti-social behaviour65

68 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)
• 32 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Reading (1.0 km)
• 54 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 (0 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (3.6 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

105 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Rivermead Leisure Centre (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms13
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds12

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 310 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)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens24
• Restaurants & cafés194

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Solar 36% · Imports 29% · Wind 15% · Gas 11%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

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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  Thameside Promenade · 0.5 km

  Thameside Promenade, or Thames Side Promenade, is a public park and promenade in Reading, Berkshire, England, located next to the River Thames. It stretches for some 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) along the south (Reading)…

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  Reading West (constituency) · 0.5 km

  Reading West was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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  Reading Rowing Club · 0.5 km

  Reading Rowing Club is a rowing club, on the River Thames in England, on the Berkshire bank at Reading close to the town centre just above Caversham Bridge, the westerly bridge in the town on the reach above Caversham…

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  Reading TMD · 0.6 km

  Reading TMD, also known as Reading Traincare Depot or Reading TCD, is a railway motive power depot situated in Reading, England, and operated by Great Western Railway. The depot code is RG.

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  Caversham Court · 0.6 km

  Caversham Court is a public garden and was a mansion located on the north bank of the River Thames in Caversham, a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The park lies within the St Peter's conservation…

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  Caversham Bridge · 0.6 km

  Caversham Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames between Caversham and the town centre of Reading. The bridge is situated on the reach above Caversham Lock, carrying the A4155 road across the river and also provid…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)