SO16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Southampton, Bassett and Millbrook, in Southampton and Test Valley.
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 SO16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 39% of people in SO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO16 at a rate of 100.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 645 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,790), other crime (1,253) and anti-social behaviour (930).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO16 was 102.9 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 SO16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO16 has no single figure. Of its 42 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton 001A | 1,073 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.3% |
| Southampton 001B | 1,531 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 53.8% |
| Southampton 001C | 2,723 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 60.2% |
| Southampton 001D | 1,727 | 15.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 50.7% |
| Southampton 001E | 1,440 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 002A | 1,432 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 002B | 1,394 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 002C | 1,637 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 002D | 1,729 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 002E | 1,697 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Southampton 003C | 1,344 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Southampton 003D | 1,114 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Southampton 004A | 1,370 | 163.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Southampton 004B | 1,405 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Southampton 004C | 1,709 | 108.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 004D | 1,651 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 005A | 1,442 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 005E | 1,431 | 96.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 006A | 1,383 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Southampton 006B | 1,536 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.4% |
| Southampton 006C | 1,589 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Southampton 006D | 1,561 | 174.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 007A | 2,056 | 159.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 007B | 1,462 | 90.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Southampton 007C | 2,007 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 007D | 1,715 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 007E | 1,463 | 146.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 010A | 2,183 | 129.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Southampton 010C | 1,625 | 293.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Southampton 010D | 1,790 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 012A | 1,437 | 215.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Southampton 012B | 1,596 | 129.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 012D | 1,366 | 199.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Southampton 012E | 1,571 | 153.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Southampton 015A | 1,678 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 015B | 1,407 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 019A | 1,507 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 019B | 1,811 | 229.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Test Valley 015A | 2,542 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.4% |
| Test Valley 015B | 1,819 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 47.3% |
| Test Valley 015C | 1,474 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 52.2% |
| Test Valley 015D | 1,416 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
MPs for SO16
- Satvir KaurLabourMP for Southampton Test54% of SO16’s postcodes
- Caroline NokesConservativeMP for Romsey and Southampton North46% of SO16’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 SO169
Postcode sectors in SO169
Councils SO16 covers2
Towns in SO161
Postcode districts next to SO169
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SO postcode area2
SO16 in brief
SO16 is a postcode district covering Southampton, Bassett and Millbrook, in Southampton and Test Valley.
About 72,095 people lived in SO16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 672 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO16 was £275,000 in 2025.
SO16 had 69,888 usual residents at the census.
About 39% of people in SO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO16, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.