SO18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Southampton, Bitterne and Harefield, in Southampton.
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 SO18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 31% of people in SO18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO18 at a rate of 87.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 285 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,322), other crime (544) and anti-social behaviour (311).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO18 was 91.5 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 SO18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO18 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- 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 SO18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh 009D | 1,453 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Eastleigh 009E | 1,165 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Eastleigh 009F | 1,537 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.5% |
| Southampton 003A | 2,423 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Southampton 003B | 1,606 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Southampton 008A | 1,423 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 008B | 1,504 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Southampton 008C | 1,571 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 008D | 1,253 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Southampton 014A | 1,862 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Southampton 014B | 1,851 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Southampton 014C | 1,519 | 116.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Southampton 014D | 1,582 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| Southampton 014E | 1,504 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 016A | 1,845 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| Southampton 016B | 1,268 | 79.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| Southampton 016C | 1,737 | 189.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 016D | 1,671 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 016E | 1,564 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Southampton 018A | 1,480 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Southampton 018B | 1,601 | 96.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 018C | 1,643 | 138.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Southampton 018D | 1,677 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
MPs for SO18
- Darren PaffeyLabourMP for Southampton Itchen83% of SO18’s postcodes
- Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratMP for Eastleigh9.8% of SO18’s postcodes
- Caroline NokesConservativeMP for Romsey and Southampton North7.4% of SO18’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 SO184
Postcode sectors in SO187
Council1
Towns in SO182
Postcode districts next to SO185
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SO postcode area2
SO18 in brief
SO18 is a postcode district covering Southampton, Bitterne and Harefield, in Southampton.
About 37,702 people lived in SO18 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 499 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO18 was £275,000 in 2025.
SO18 had 37,192 usual residents at the census.
About 31% of people in SO18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO18, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.