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Reading 020C

Neighbourhood

East Reading. 1,667 people in 0.1 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Reading 020C is in decile 7.

Deprivation score
14.1
Joint 13,408th least deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Median sale price
£294,000
Joint 15,670th cheapest of 31,750
Worked out by Open Index
Population
1,360
Joint 16,535th least populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Reading 020C compares

Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.

Reading 020CMiddle
Deprivation scoreEngland only100 neighbourhoods, Reading · 2025
Deprivation score: every neighbourhood in Reading100 areas from 1.9 to 44.6. The middle area is 17.4. Reading 020C is 14.1.
14.1joint 35th least deprived
Median sale price85 neighbourhoods, Reading · 2025
Median sale price: every neighbourhood in Reading85 areas from £182,500 to £830,500. The middle area is £352,500. Reading 020C is £294,000.
£294,00019th cheapest
Population100 neighbourhoods, Reading · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Reading100 areas from 1,213 to 3,551. The middle area is 1,688. Reading 020C is 1,360.
1,3605th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage100 neighbourhoods, Reading · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Reading100 areas from 62.4% to 100.0%. The middle area is 99.7%. Reading 020C is 99.3%.
99.3%joint 39th lowest

Is Reading 020C safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Reading 020C at a rate of 126.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 156.8 per 1,000 people across Central Reading South.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Reading 020C.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (83), other crime (44) and anti-social behaviour (34).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Reading

These figures are published for the whole of Reading, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Reading and not Reading 020C alone. See Reading

Average house price
£349,550
Down 1.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,700
126th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.6×
Joint 101st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
183,762
Up 0.5% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Reading 020C in brief

Reading 020C has a deprivation score of 14.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

The median price paid for a home in Reading 020C was £294,000 in 2025.

Reading 020C had 1,360 usual residents at the census.

In Reading 020C, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.