SO30
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hedge End, West End and Dowd's Farm, in Eastleigh.
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 SO30 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 6% of people in SO30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO30 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO30 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO30 at a rate of 69.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 242 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO30.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (870), other crime (445) and shoplifting (368).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO30 was 64.7 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 SO30, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO30 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO30
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh 009A | 2,052 | 85.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.0% |
| Eastleigh 009B | 1,605 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Eastleigh 009C | 1,949 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Eastleigh 009G | 1,563 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.3% |
| Eastleigh 010B | 1,502 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Eastleigh 010D | 1,454 | 15.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Eastleigh 010E | 1,744 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.6% |
| Eastleigh 010G | 1,984 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Eastleigh 010H | 1,487 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.9% |
| Eastleigh 010I | 1,480 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.7% |
| Eastleigh 011A | 1,760 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.7% |
| Eastleigh 011B | 1,243 | 136.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.9% |
| Eastleigh 011C | 1,534 | 126.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.9% |
| Eastleigh 011D | 1,058 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Eastleigh 011E | 1,416 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |
| Eastleigh 012A | 1,764 | 17.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| Eastleigh 012B | 1,500 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.1% |
| Eastleigh 012C | 1,585 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 76.2% |
| Eastleigh 012D | 1,982 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.9% |
| Eastleigh 012E | 1,742 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| Eastleigh 012F | 1,286 | 179.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for SO30
- Paul HolmesConservativeMP for Hamble Valley76% of SO30’s postcodes
- Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratMP for Eastleigh24% of SO30’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 SO304
Postcode sectors in SO305
Council1
Towns in SO302
Postcode districts next to SO308
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SO postcode area2
SO30 in brief
SO30 is a postcode district covering Hedge End, West End and Dowd's Farm, in Eastleigh.
About 35,425 people lived in SO30 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £345,708 in 2025 across 578 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO30 was £345,708 in 2025.
SO30 had 33,969 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in SO30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO30, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.