RG8 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of RG8, Reading West and Mid Berkshire from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
RG8 is a postcode district in Reading West and Mid Berkshire. Homes here sold for a median of £570,000 over the last year, down 1.3% over five years. 10,022 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (93% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 41% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £347,500 median sold price (all time)
- £570,000 median price, last 12 months
- 10,022 recorded sales
- -1.3% 5-year price change
- 93% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 41% 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 |
|---|
| Trees Bowden Green | Detached | £485,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 7 St James Close | Detached | £975,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 12 Hill Bottom Close | Detached | £575,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 56 Wayside Green | Terraced | £350,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 12 Folly Green | Semi | £350,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 157 Bourne Road | Terraced | £345,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 12 Stokes View | Flat | £475,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 22 Waterside Drive | Semi | £475,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 57 Wintringham Way | Detached | £380,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 18 Gatehampton Road | Semi | £627,500 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 265
- Anti-social behaviour 97
- Criminal damage and arson 88
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 West Berkshire district
The figures below cover West Berkshire — the council district RG8 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £388,500 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, Jul 2026)
- 161,447 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 81% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈60 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 80% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 6.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 81.9 · 84.8 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
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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