Reading property guide

The Thames Valley's biggest employment hub, with a market priced accordingly.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Reading, Reading. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of June 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Fast trains reach London Paddington in about 25 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£385,000

Sales registered (12m)

2,282

Open schools

161

About Reading

Reading's terraces around the Oxford Road, semis in Caversham and Earley, and a growing city-centre flat stock serve one of the busiest office markets outside London.

Tech and finance head offices cluster along the M4, and the Elizabeth line runs through to central London and Canary Wharf.

House prices in Reading

The median sale price in Reading over the last 12 months was £385,000, across 2,282 recorded transactions. That is 7.2% lower than the previous 12 months.

Terraced homes were the most-traded type in Reading, accounting for 713 of the period's sales at a median of £350,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£650,000	432
Semi-detached	£450,000	621
Terraced	£350,000	713
Flat	£227,500	471
Other	£430,000	45

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Schools in Reading

Reading has 161 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 99 primary, 22 secondary and 32 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Reading centre

School	Postcode	Distance
The WREN School	RG30 2BB	0.8 km
King's Academy Prospect	RG30 4EX	0.9 km
River Academy	RG1 8EQ	2 km
Kendrick School	RG1 5BN	3 km
Little Heath School	RG31 5TY	3.5 km

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Crime in Reading

In Reading, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (32.6%), anti-social behaviour (13.3%) and other theft (9.3%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	32.6%
Anti-social behaviour	13.3%
Other theft	9.3%
Criminal damage and arson	8.8%
Public order	8.8%

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Postcode districts in Reading

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Reading boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
RG1	21,015
RG10	21,015
RG2	21,015
RG30	21,015
RG31	21,015

Frequently asked questions about Reading

The median sale price in Reading over the last 12 months was £385,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 161 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Reading area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Reading over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 21,015 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

Planning applications near Reading

Extensions, new homes and commercial schemes shape an area's prices before they reach the sold data. PlanIndex indexes applications from Reading, with decisions and approval rates.

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