Devitt Close Reading, Wokingham

28 addresses across 2 postcodes (RG2), about 130 m long, classed as a local access road. USRN 44700433.

35 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £359,500 across 2 sales. 21 homes have an energy certificate (C: 9, D: 11, E: 1). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Wokingham costs £2,498 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 174 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20252£359,500£344,000£375,000
20242£397,500£370,000£425,000
20221£345,000£345,000£345,000
20212£340,000£321,000£359,000
20191£277,000£277,000£277,000
20161£300,000£300,000£300,000
20141£224,950£224,950£224,950
20132£187,500£186,000£189,000
20101£190,000£190,000£190,000
20091£190,000£190,000£190,000
20071£201,500£201,500£201,500
20063£166,000£165,000£240,000
Most recent sales (35)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
28 Mar 20252 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£375,000
21 Mar 202524 RG2 8EFTerraced£344,000
19 Jul 202416 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£370,000
21 Mar 202423 RG2 8EFTerraced£425,000
25 Mar 20224 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£345,000
5 Nov 20215 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£359,000
11 Jun 20219 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£321,000
24 May 202114 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£299,950Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
13 Sep 201925 RG2 8EFTerraced£277,000
25 Nov 201624 RG2 8EFTerraced£300,000
26 Nov 201421 RG2 8EFTerraced£224,950
8 Aug 201413 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£219,950Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
2 Aug 201315 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£189,000
18 Jan 20132 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£186,000
5 Jul 20103 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£190,000
14 Dec 20094 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£190,000
2 Mar 200712 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£201,500
20 Dec 20061 RG2 8EFDetached£240,000
24 Jul 20069 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£165,000
10 Mar 20068 RG2 8EFTerraced£166,000
2 Sep 200520 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£140,000
7 Jun 20059 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£158,000
3 Jun 200522 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£174,000
28 May 20047 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£179,000
21 Nov 200314 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£163,000
17 Nov 200325 RG2 8EFTerraced£160,000
8 May 200014 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£117,000
8 Jun 199918 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£92,000
20 May 199914 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£86,950
31 Jul 199824 RG2 8EFTerraced£79,950
29 May 199822A RG2 8EFSemi-detached£85,950
4 Sep 199722 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£76,000
15 Aug 19962 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£62,000
3 Apr 19961 RG2 8EFDetached£77,500
28 Mar 19953 RG2 8EFSemi-detached£62,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from May 2012 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

21 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 77 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (11); House, end-terrace (6); House, mid-terrace (3). Built: 1967-1975 (17); 1976-1982 (2); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (16); rented (private) (3); rented (social) (1).

Council tax

What each band costs in Wokingham in 2026-27: Band D £2,498 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,665£1,943£2,220£2,498£3,053£3,608£4,163£4,995

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (46% of about 520 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

Planned, as of 30 September 2026

  • 1 October 2026: CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)

Finished in the last three months

  • 7 September 2026 to 10 September 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway, carriageway (immediate - urgent works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
RG2 8EFnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
RG2 8EDnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 1 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
RG2 8ED100%100%100%0%
RG2 8EF100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 30 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Whiteknights Primary SchoolPrimary3–11130 m Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
The Ridgeway Primary SchoolPrimary3–11510 m No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Hillside Primary SchoolPrimary2–11560 m No published inspection
Blagdon Nursery SchoolNursery2–51.0 km No published inspection
Radstock Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.1 km Good (Jan 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
Hartland High SchoolSecondary11–181.3 km Inadequate (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Christ The King Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.4 km Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met
Geoffrey Field Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.5 km No published inspection
Geoffrey Field Infant SchoolPrimary3–71.5 km No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding
Reading Girls' SchoolSecondary11–181.5 km Good (Nov 2021, overall grade under the previous framework)
Whitley Park Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary2–111.6 km Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Aldryngton Primary SchoolPrimary5–111.6 km No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 30 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Tesco Express RG2 8HARetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets100 m5 Very good11 Feb 2025
Greggs RG2 8HARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen100 m5 Very good3 Apr 2026
KFC RG2 8HARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen120 m5 Very good13 Oct 2026
The Sportsman RG2 7DSPub/bar/nightclub130 m5 Very good5 Aug 2025
Clucking Crispy RG2 7DSPub/bar/nightclub130 mAwaiting inspection
Harrison at Whiteknights Primary School RG2 8EPSchool/college/university130 m5 Very good1 Dec 2025
Yardmanstyle Takeaway RG2 8EXTakeaway/sandwich shop150 m2 Improvement necessary18 Sep 2026
Honey & Ghee RG2 8EXRetailers - other150 m4 Good6 May 2026
Amee's Kitchen RG2 8EXOther catering premises150 m3 Generally satisfactory11 Apr 2025
Madni Halal Meat Reading RG2 8EXRetailers - other150 mAwaiting inspection
Go Fresh Fish RG2 8EXRetailers - other150 m1 Major improvement necessary6 May 2026
MFG Shinfield Service Station RG2 8HARetailers - other160 m5 Very good14 Sep 2024
Pret A Manger RG2 8HARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen160 m5 Very good19 Sep 2024
Big Bazaar RG2 8HARetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets170 m1 Major improvement necessary21 Jul 2026
Subway Takeaway/sandwich shop190 m4 Good10 Feb 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

174 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences58
Shoplifting40
Anti-social behaviour21
Other theft13
Public order11
Criminal damage and arson8
Drugs7
Burglary5
Vehicle crime5
Theft from the person2
Other crime2
Robbery1
Possession of weapons1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Shopping Area (59); On or near Langdale Gardens (34); On or near Shinfield Rise (19); On or near Cedar Road (11); On or near Shinfield Road (11).

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • RG2 8EF: 27 addresses of 30 in the postcode
  • RG2 8ED: 1 address of 54 in the postcode

Nearby streets

St Barnabas Road · Elm Road · Fair Lawn Green · Shinfield Rise · Woolacombe Drive · Fairlawn Green · Langdale Gardens · Shinfield Rise · Cedar Road · South Drive · Shinfield Rise · Wyncote Close

All the streets in RG2 and across Wokingham.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Anything about planning applications, roadworks, noise, air quality or council tax yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.