RG1 8EQ

6°COvercast

• Today: 15° / 6° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:43Sunset 17:52

10h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, 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

787 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences206
• Shoplifting173
• Other theft82
• Public order78

154 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

• 361 rated 4–5 ★ (276 top)
• 29 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

£349,550 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Reading · to 2026-07

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 (0 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (0 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

107 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)

• 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 310 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)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens24
• Restaurants & cafés192

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5,484 jobs advertised · £42,388 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician, Delivery Driver - Weybridge, Superflex Roadside Technician

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Imports 29% · Gas 25% · Nuclear 5%

125 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in RG4

• Balmore Park Surgery
• Emmer Green Surgery
• Reading Ent Clinic

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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  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)