PO31
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cowes, Gurnard and Northwood, in Isle of Wight.
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 PO31 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in PO31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PO31 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO31 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO31 at a rate of 51.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across the PO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 115 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO31.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (398), other crime (131) and anti-social behaviour (85).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO31 was 49.1 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 PO31, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO31 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO31
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight 001A | 2,151 | 104.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.0% |
| Isle of Wight 001B | 1,186 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Isle of Wight 001C | 1,524 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Isle of Wight 001D | 1,368 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Isle of Wight 002A | 1,073 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Isle of Wight 002B | 1,756 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Isle of Wight 002C | 1,388 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Isle of Wight 002D | 2,088 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.9% |
| Isle of Wight 002E | 2,279 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.8% |
Your MP
- Richard QuigleyLabourMP for Isle of Wight West
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 PO312
Postcode sectors in PO312
Council1
Towns in PO311
Postcode districts next to PO311
More in the PO postcode area2
PO31 in brief
PO31 is a postcode district covering Cowes, Gurnard and Northwood, in Isle of Wight.
About 14,955 people lived in PO31 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 253 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 51.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO31 was £300,000 in 2025.
PO31 had 14,814 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in PO31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO31, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.