What was the last sold price for 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ?

8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ last sold for £182,500 in October 2002, around 24 years ago. Before that, it sold for £107,500 in December 1998, so prices have been rising over 4 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ?

Across 2 sales between December 1998 and October 2002, 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ rose from £107,500 to £182,500, a change of £75,000. That works out to roughly +14.8% per year compounded over 4 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the council tax band for 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ?

8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ is in council tax band D.

Which area is 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ in?

8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ sits in Caversham, Reading, Reading. It falls within the RG4 postcode district.

Is 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ in a safe area?

Police records around 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ show an average of 134 reported crimes per month over the last 16 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 34% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ?

The closest primary school to 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ is St Anne's Catholic Primary School (661m), one of 22 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Kendrick School (1.7km), with 6 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ?

The closest bus stop to 8 Dickens Close, RG4 5LZ is Amersham Road, 65m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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8 Dickens Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5LZ

Last sold (2002)

£182,500

We only model an estimate once an EPC gives us the home's size and spec. The full report sets it against recent comparable sales.

RG4 5LZ recent median£365,000

Newest record on this page: November 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Council tax

Band D

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Sales of this home
2 sales recorded, the latest in 2002
Recent sales in RG4 5LZ
5 sales, median £365,000 (2025–2021)

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Planning	None on this home	Full history, plus nearby schemes
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sales timeline

3 October 2002Most recent
£182,500
+69.8%over 3 years
1 December 1998
£107,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 5LZ: £365,000 (2025–2021).

Nearby sales in RG4 5LZ

Risks

What this page doesn't show

1 potential issue has already been flagged for 8 Dickens Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5LZ. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.

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Overview

About 8 Dickens Close

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

8 Dickens Close is a property in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 5LZ). It has council tax band D.

It hasn't traded since October 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. Across 1998–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.8% per year.

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 8 Dickens Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5LZ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

8 Dickens Close has no planning applications on record.

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Full Reading report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

134/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Amersham Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

St Anne's Catholic Primary School. 28 schools nearby.

Nearest schools

St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary661m
Thameside Primary SchoolPrimary950m
Micklands Primary SchoolPrimary1.0km
New Town Primary SchoolPrimary1.1km

Nearest stops

Amersham RoadBus stop65m
Forge CloseBus stop125m
Montague StreetBus stop167m
Star InnBus stop298m

Most reported crime locally

Violence & Sexual Offences740 reports34%
Shoplifting372 reports17%
Anti-social Behaviour210 reports10%
Other Theft178 reports8%

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG4 5LZ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.6dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for RG4 5LZ

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.7dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.

How the estimate is made: We don't publish an estimate for 8 Dickens Close because there is no EPC to tell the model the home's size and specification. The full report sets its records against recent comparable sales in RG4 5LZ.
Where sold prices come from: Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 2 sales are recorded for 8 Dickens Close. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC: There is no Energy Performance Certificate on the public register for 8 Dickens Close. A valid EPC is needed to sell or let a home in England and Wales, and lasts 10 years.
Planning records: Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to 8 Dickens Close. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures: Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 16 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 28 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from RG4 5LZ, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
Council tax band: 8 Dickens Close is in council tax band D. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.

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