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SO31

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Locks Heath, Warsash and Park Gate, in Fareham and 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 SO31 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in SO31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£385,000
Joint 643rd most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
47,610
253rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How SO31 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SO31Middle
Median sale price23 postcode districts, SO · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SO23 areas from £213,750 to £822,500. The middle area is £385,000. SO31 is £385,000.
£385,00012th most expensive
Population24 postcode districts, SO · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SO24 areas from 428 to 69,888. The middle area is 31,425. SO31 is 47,610.
47,6104th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 postcode districts, SO · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in SO24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 33.5%. SO31 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, SO · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SO24 areas from 42.0% to 98.8%. The middle area is 84.7%. SO31 is 93.0%.
93.0%6th highest

Is SO31 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO31 at a rate of 58.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 204 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO31.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,141), anti-social behaviour (528) and other crime (519).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO31 was 55.3 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 SO31, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO31 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in SO31

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Eastleigh 013A1,31346.4 per 1,000994.8%
Eastleigh 013B1,473103.8 per 1,000297.4%
Eastleigh 013C2,44269.5 per 1,000693.7%
Eastleigh 013D2,74278.3 per 1,000684.8%
Eastleigh 013E1,70049.9 per 1,000982.3%
Eastleigh 014A2,071131.8 per 1,000687.2%
Eastleigh 014B1,77781.7 per 1,000497.0%
Eastleigh 014C1,59532.0 per 1,000994.7%
Eastleigh 015A2,20749.1 per 1,0001072.6%
Eastleigh 015B1,94570.3 per 1,000983.2%
Eastleigh 015C1,88457.6 per 1,000688.7%
Fareham 001A2,21553.9 per 1,0008100.0%
Fareham 001D1,71273.1 per 1,0001094.9%
Fareham 001E2,10065.4 per 1,0001081.8%
Fareham 002A1,3119.9 per 1,0001099.8%
Fareham 002B1,14434.7 per 1,0009100.0%
Fareham 002C2,287109.2 per 1,000799.0%
Fareham 002E1,36643.0 per 1,000897.7%
Fareham 005A1,40831.1 per 1,00010100.0%
Fareham 005B1,53468.3 per 1,0001099.0%
Fareham 005C1,36410.6 per 1,00010100.0%
Fareham 005D1,59123.8 per 1,0009100.0%
Fareham 005E1,68023.8 per 1,0001098.4%
Fareham 006A1,66946.9 per 1,000899.9%
Fareham 006B1,77532.4 per 1,00010100.0%
Fareham 006C1,86146.1 per 1,0001099.1%
Fareham 006D1,59738.4 per 1,000889.8%
Fareham 006E1,94063.0 per 1,0001093.5%

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Middle areas in SO317

Postcode sectors in SO318

Councils SO31 covers2

Towns in SO313

Postcode districts next to SO314

Nearest rail stations4

More in the SO postcode area2

SO31 in brief

SO31 is a postcode district covering Locks Heath, Warsash and Park Gate, in Fareham and Eastleigh.

About 48,864 people lived in SO31 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £385,000 in 2025 across 839 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SO31 was £385,000 in 2025.

SO31 had 47,610 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in SO31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In SO31, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.