Reading
RG5 house prices in Reading
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Reading, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£443,500
Range £239,160–£661,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in RG5: the typical (median) sold price is £443,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). RG5 is an active market, with about 26 recorded sales a month. By property type, 36% were semi-detached homes (typically £450,000) and 26% were detached homes (typically £620,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,613 a year: Reading's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Reading, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on RG5: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
Roughly 26 homes a month change hands in RG5, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
When selling here, £443,500 is the middle of a £239,160 to £661,000 range, so the real question is where in it your home sits; roughly 26 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseFor buyers, on price, RG5 is well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (1,079 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,613 a year); your conveyancer should look at the title too.
To see this next to flood, crime, planning and council tax, run the free RG5 OfferCheck; the Report explains what matters for your home.
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At a glance
RG5 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£443,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
25.9
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,613
A year
On the map
Where RG5 sits in Reading
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in RG5
14, FAWCETT CRESCENT, READING
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£465,000
151, BUTTS HILL ROAD, READING
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 21 Aug 2026
£250,000
40, WYNDHAM CRESCENT, READING
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£625,000
21, SHACKLETON WAY, READING
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 14 Aug 2026
£220,000
46, HARTIGAN PLACE, READING
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 12 Aug 2026
£258,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). RG5 includes the Bulmershe & Coronation ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in RG5
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in RG5 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £620,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £244,700.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 65 | £620,000 | £465,800–£876,000 |
| Semi-detached | 89 | £450,000 | £369,400–£540,000 |
| Terraced | 46 | £371,375 | £310,000–£475,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 48 | £244,700 | £151,750–£295,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in RG5
The quarterly typical price rose 6.8%, from £435,500 in Q4 2025 (70 sales) to £465,000 in Q3 2026 (39 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £435,500 | 70 |
| Q1 2026 | £450,000 | 65 |
| Q2 2026 | £427,500 | 76 |
| Q3 2026 | £465,000 | 39 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of RG5 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most RG5 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £239,160 and £661,000, around a typical £443,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in RG5
Semi-detached homes were 36% of recorded sales (89 of 248). 81% of sales were freehold and 19% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached26%
- Semi-detached36%
- Terraced19%
- Flat / maisonette19%
Tenure
- Freehold81%
- Leasehold19%
See the figures
203 freehold (81%) and 47 leasehold (19%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in RG5. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Reading (RG5) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £620,000 against £244,700 for flats: about 2.5 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 26 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 31 October 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on RG5
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in RG5
£2,613
Band D a year in Reading, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,742 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,032 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,322 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,613 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,193 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,774 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,355 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,226 |
These are Reading's charges for 2026-27, the authority RG5 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Reading · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near RG5
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest The Ambleside Centre.
All schools
The Ambleside Centre
Nursery · Local authority maintained schools · RG5 4JJ
237 m
Outstanding · 2012
Beechwood Primary School
Primary · Academies · RG5 4JJ
237 m
Requires improvement · 2023
Rivermead Primary School
Primary · Academies · RG5 4BS
420 m
Good · 2014
South Lake Primary School
Primary · Academies · RG5 3NA
819 m
Outstanding · 2013
Woodley CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RG5 4UX
850 m
Good · 2014
St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RG5 3BH
973 m
Outstanding · 2020
Willow Bank Infant School
Primary · Academies · RG5 4RW
1.1 km
Not graded
Willow Bank Junior School
Primary · Academies · RG5 4RW
1.1 km
Not graded
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the RG5 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near RG5
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around RG5
1,079
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 19 October 2026.
Recent applications
Wokingham/262310Undecided
347 m
Application to remove condition 13 of planning consent 13397 for warehouse development with ancillary offices at Area 9. Condition 13 relates to hours of use and the removal of the condition is to allow 24-hour operational use at Units 2-7.
Received 2026-10-01
Wokingham/262311Undecided
347 m
Application to remove condition 5 of planning consent F/2013/1083 (131945) for proposed change of use from warehouse with ancillary offices (B8) to mixed use of food preparation, warehouse with ancillary offices (sui generis) use. Condition 5 relates to hours of use and the removal of the condition is to allow 24-hour operational use at Unit 1.
Received 2026-10-01
Wokingham/262149Undecided
103 m
Full application for demolition of existing single storey side element, single storey rear extension to existing residential dwelling (approved under planning application 251900). Erection of a new single residential dwelling (use class C3) attached to existing dwelling with associated dropped kerb (approved under planning application 251075), off-street car parking, private amenity space, refuse and cycle storage, vehicle access widened and proposed pedestrian entrance.
Received 2026-09-10
Wokingham/262105Undecided
336 m
Application for approval of details reserved by Conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of planning permission 251470 allowed on appeal dated 2 February 2026.
Received 2026-09-04
Wokingham/261732Undecided
450 m
Full application for the extension of Unit 1 to form a semi-covered entrance area, external alterations to the existing commercial building including the installation of a new aluminium-framed glazed shopfront with integrated roller shutter housing, and associated external works
Received 2026-07-23
Wokingham/261466Permitted
247 m
Householder application for the proposed erection of single-storey rear extension and 1no. roof lantern.
Received 2026-06-22 · decided 2026-08-24
Applications are matched within 500 m of the RG5 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for RG5 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1079 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 19 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for RG5
Decile 10 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled RG5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 10, with a median of decile 10 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
RG5 3HU, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 10 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so RG5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in RG5: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in RG5, band by band
Reading's council tax for 2026-27 set against the RG5 median sold price of £443,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearReading | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £443,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,742 | £145 | 0.39% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,032 | £169 | 0.46% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,322 | £194 | 0.52% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,613 | £218 | 0.59% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,193 | £266 | 0.72% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,774 | £315 | 0.85% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,355 | £363 | 0.98% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,226 | £436 | 1.18% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the RG5 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Reading, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in RG5 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 249 distinct addresses in the records we hold for RG5. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
14, FAWCETT CRESCENT, READING
RG5 3HU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-08-21
151, BUTTS HILL ROAD, READING
RG5 4NX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-08-21
40, WYNDHAM CRESCENT, READING
RG5 3AZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-08-21
21, SHACKLETON WAY, READING
RG5 4UU · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-08-14
46, HARTIGAN PLACE, READING
RG5 4SH · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£258,000
2026-08-12
19, LADBROKE CLOSE, READING
RG5 4DX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£610,000
2026-08-12
42, LODDON BRIDGE ROAD, READING
RG5 4AS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£715,000
2026-08-10
29, CROCKHAMWELL ROAD, READING
RG5 3LE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£700,000
2026-08-07
16A, SILVER FOX CRESCENT, READING
RG5 3JA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£570,000
2026-08-07
2, SELSDON AVENUE, READING
RG5 4PG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£575,000
2026-08-04
10, DUNBAR DRIVE, READING
RG5 4HA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-07-31
37, WILLOWSIDE, READING
RG5 4HJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£511,500
2026-07-31
2, KIPLING CLOSE, READING
RG5 3RL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-07-31
16, LINDEN ROAD, READING
RG5 3QT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-30
80, MALONE ROAD, READING
RG5 3NJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-07-30
5, HAWTHORN CRESCENT, READING
RG5 4FH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£710,000
2026-07-29
10, ADDINGTON GARDENS, READING
RG5 3EW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£428,000
2026-07-27
92, COLEMANS MOOR ROAD, READING
RG5 4DN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-24
7, ROSLYN ROAD, READING
RG5 3HP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£493,500
2026-07-23
9, EASTWOOD ROAD, READING
RG5 3PY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£354,580
2026-07-19
10, MESSENGER ROAD, READING
RG5 4TR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£550,000
2026-07-17
13, MALONE ROAD, READING
RG5 3NL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-07-17
SANDFORD COURT, 6, HEADLEY ROAD, READING
RG5 4JA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£173,000
2026-07-17
232, LODDON BRIDGE ROAD, READING
RG5 4BS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£595,000
2026-07-16
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near RG5
The closest districts to RG5 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in RG10 (Reading) 2.9 miles
- House prices in RG41 (Wokingham) 2.9 miles
- House prices in RG1 (Reading) 3 miles
- House prices in RG2 (Reading) 3.2 miles
- House prices in RG4 (Reading) 3.7 miles
- House prices in RG40 (Wokingham) 4.5 miles
- House prices in RG30 (Reading) 5 miles
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Data sources
Every RG5 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.