SO23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Winchester, Winnall and The Close, in Winchester.
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 SO23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 3% of people in SO23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO23 at a rate of 106.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 230 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (842), other crime (487) and shoplifting (448).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO23 was 106.9 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 SO23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO23 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester 002B | 1,469 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.0% |
| Winchester 002C | 1,792 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 75.0% |
| Winchester 002D | 1,664 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 68.0% |
| Winchester 003D | 2,039 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.9% |
| Winchester 006A | 1,221 | 539.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 60.9% |
| Winchester 006B | 1,692 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.6% |
| Winchester 006C | 1,550 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.2% |
| Winchester 006D | 1,609 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.2% |
| Winchester 006E | 1,571 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.0% |
| Winchester 007A | 1,821 | 210.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 52.4% |
| Winchester 007B | 1,814 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 66.2% |
| Winchester 007D | 1,773 | 226.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 49.0% |
| Winchester 007E | 1,840 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.4% |
Your MP
- Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratMP for Winchester
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 SO233
Postcode sectors in SO236
Council1
Towns in SO231
Postcode districts next to SO232
Nearest rail stations2
More in the SO postcode area2
SO23 in brief
SO23 is a postcode district covering Winchester, Winnall and The Close, in Winchester.
About 24,370 people lived in SO23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £515,000 in 2025 across 335 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO23 was £515,000 in 2025.
SO23 had 23,001 usual residents at the census.
About 3% of people in SO23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO23, 70.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.