PO18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bosham, in Chichester.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PO18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 98% of people in PO18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PO18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO18 at a rate of 68.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across the PO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 132 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (375), anti-social behaviour (207) and other crime (168).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO18 was 68.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in PO18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO18 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chichester 006A | 2,243 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 46.0% |
| Chichester 006E | 1,442 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.0% |
| Chichester 006F | 1,511 | 130.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| Chichester 007A | 1,266 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 38.4% |
| Chichester 007B | 1,342 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 19.3% |
| Chichester 009A | 1,908 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.4% |
| Chichester 009B | 1,578 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 70.8% |
| Chichester 009E | 2,093 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.3% |
| Chichester 011A | 1,390 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 67.2% |
MPs for PO18
- Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratMP for Chichester84% of PO18’s postcodes
- Andrew GriffithConservativeMP for Arundel and South Downs16% of PO18’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PO182
Postcode sectors in PO183
Council1
Postcode districts next to PO1810
More in the PO postcode area2
PO18 in brief
PO18 is a postcode district covering Bosham, in Chichester.
About 15,138 people lived in PO18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £500,000 in 2025 across 212 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO18 was £500,000 in 2025.
PO18 had 14,762 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in PO18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO18, 67.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.