Reading Area Guide | £356k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Reading

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
174,110
Households
67,717
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 9.2 per 1k
67,717
Households
White Brit. · 54%
Ethnicity
Christian · 40%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 9.2 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£356,385
Median property price
£1,396
Median rent
3,794
Postcodes
67,717
Households
White Brit. · 54%
Ethnicity
Christian · 40%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 9.2 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£356,385
Median property price
£1,396
Median rent
3,794
Postcodes

Sold prices in Reading

England & Wales
Property sales · Reading
HM Land Registry · Reading
Average price
£368,520
YoY: -2.9%
Median price: £356,385
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 58 sales · avg £368,103
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£396k£371k£346k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Reading

England & Wales
Crime trends · Reading

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
577
YoY +18%
598489379
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
174
YoY stable
20114997
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
74
YoY -8%
1077440
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
33
YoY -43%
754923
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
106
YoY +29%
1179369
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Robbery
30
YoY +30%
402611
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · robbery up sharply · criminal damage rising

1,603
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Reading

High flood risk in part of this area

2 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models · Fluvial Models and Fluvial Events

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Reading.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Reading

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Transport in Reading

Reading West is a 8-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 652 m

  • Reading West

    Rail

    652 m
  • Reading

    Rail

    855 m

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Reading

GPs make up most of the mapped places

37 GPs · 13 Libraries · 7 Hospitals · 63 in all

  • GPs37
  • Libraries13
  • Hospitals7
  • Museums5
  • Universities1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Reading

Median private rent

£1,396/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£1,118
1 bed
£1,396
2 bed
£1,673
3 bed
£2,362
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Reading

Coordinates51.4533, -0.9814
Postcodes
3,794
Population (Census)
174,110
Households (Census)
67,717
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 9.2 per 1k

Demographics in Reading

Ethnicity

Total residents: 174,140
White Brit.53.5%
Other White12.1%
Indian6.2%
Pakistani4.8%
Other Asian4.6%
+ 8 other groups · 18.9%

Religion

Total residents: 174,234
Christian39.6%
No religion36.3%
Muslim8.9%
Not answered6.9%
Hindu5.0%
+ 1 other religions · 3.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 174,110
35–4922.2%
25–3417.3%
50–6415.8%
20–248.4%
10–157.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.2%

Households

Total households: 67,717
Other19.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children16.3%
Any member 66+9.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.9%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over8.1%
+ 8 other households · 38.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Reading

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.84 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.84 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).