Southampton Street & Redlands Road
Reading · South East · population 10,672 · 6 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #2,987 of 6,856 in England
- #711 of 1,119 in South East
- #6 of 19 in Reading
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 29% · Elementary 16% · Associate professional 13%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 29% |
| Elementary | 16% |
| Associate professional | 13% |
| Sales & customer service | 9% |
| Managers & directors | 8% |
| Caring & leisure | 8% |
| Administrative | 6% |
| Skilled trades | 6% |
| Process & plant | 4% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 39% · No religion 34% · Muslim 8%
Born outside the UK: 48%
Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.
In summary
Southampton Street & Redlands Road is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,987 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 19 in Reading. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (82) but weak on Living environment (25). Typical homes here sold for about £320,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 124 sales), 9% below the wider Reading median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,641 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 78 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £320,000 | 124 | +0.8% | +16.4% |
| Detached | £633,500 | 12 | -23.7% | — |
| Semi-detached | £606,000 | 12 | +44.3% | +83.1% |
| Terraced | £327,000 | 67 | +1.4% | +15.8% |
| Flat | £215,000 | 33 | -6.5% | -2.8% |
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Household income
Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →
Affordability-adjusted Score ?
- #2,283 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #3,946 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 364 |
| Theft | 171 |
| Burglary | 51 |
| Vehicle crime | 65 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 55 |
| Public order & weapons | 72 |
| Drugs | 24 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Other | 22 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 108 incidents.
Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Reading
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Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
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