London commuter townsReading vs Wokingham
Reading vs Wokingham: which commuter town suits you?
Reading is 19 minutes closer to London and £83k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
25 min
44 min
Annual season ticket
£6,362
£5,727
Average house price
£398k
£480k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
8.1x
10.3x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
82
38
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
982 Mb
968 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.4
7.6
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
45
29
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
360 ha
519 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
418
147
Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.
The full picture on each
Living in Wokingham
Berkshire · 44 min to London · average sold price £480k.
Read the Wokingham report