RG1 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of RG1, Reading Central from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
RG1 is a postcode district in Reading Central. Homes here sold for a median of £293,000 over the last year, up 2.8% over five years. 30,676 sales are on record. 59% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £180,000 median sold price (all time)
- £293,000 median price, last 12 months
- 30,676 recorded sales
- +2.8% 5-year price change
- 7% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 59% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 15 Eldon Terrace | Terraced | £270,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 9 Francis Street | Terraced | £270,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 24 Castle Crescent | Semi | £865,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 3 Albion Terrace | Flat | £295,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 35 Russell Street | Flat | £165,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 92 Pell Street | Flat | £299,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 79 Waldeck Street | Terraced | £292,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 40 Caversham Road | Flat | £267,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 3 Gower Street | Terraced | £290,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Osterley Court, 36 Hamilton Road | Flat | £250,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
10,166
Street-level crimes
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 3,236
- Shoplifting 1,876
- Anti-social behaviour 934
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
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Across the wider Reading district
The figures below cover Reading — the council district RG1 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £340,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, Jul 2026)
- 174,224 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 93% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈28 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 94% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 11 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 79.3 · 83.4 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (NHS ODS register (GP/dentist/pharmacy) + OSM (hospitals) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| RG1 1 | £360,000 | 683 |
| RG1 2 | £293,000 | 3,470 |
| RG1 3 | £290,000 | 4,787 |
| RG1 4 | £288,750 | 3,094 |
| RG1 5 | £310,000 | 5,225 |
| RG1 6 | £292,500 | 5,779 |
| RG1 7 | £265,000 | 5,327 |
| RG1 8 | £375,000 | 2,311 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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