SO32
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Boorley Green, Bishop's Waltham and Newtown, in Winchester 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 SO32 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 53% of people in SO32 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO32 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO32 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO32 at a rate of 47.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 95 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO32.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (537), other crime (255) and anti-social behaviour (183).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO32 was 48.1 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 SO32, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO32 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO32
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh 010F | 2,133 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.2% |
| Winchester 011A | 2,105 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 46.3% |
| Winchester 011B | 1,694 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 56.9% |
| Winchester 011C | 1,760 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.7% |
| Winchester 011D | 1,257 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 54.0% |
| Winchester 011E | 2,146 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 16.5% |
| Winchester 012A | 1,991 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.1% |
| Winchester 012B | 1,861 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 63.3% |
| Winchester 012C | 1,562 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 73.8% |
| Winchester 012D | 1,543 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.4% |
| Winchester 012E | 1,594 | 17.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.0% |
| Winchester 012F | 1,652 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 64.4% |
| Winchester 013A | 2,716 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.0% |
| Winchester 013B | 1,270 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 48.2% |
MPs for SO32
- Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratMP for Winchester76% of SO32’s postcodes
- Paul HolmesConservativeMP for Hamble Valley23% of SO32’s postcodes
- Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratMP for Eastleigh0.4% of SO32’s postcodes
- Suella BravermanReform UKMP for Fareham and Waterlooville0.1% of SO32’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 SO322
Postcode sectors in SO323
Councils SO32 covers2
Postcode districts next to SO327
More in the SO postcode area2
SO32 in brief
SO32 is a postcode district covering Boorley Green, Bishop's Waltham and Newtown, in Winchester and Eastleigh.
About 26,793 people lived in SO32 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 516 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO32 was £425,000 in 2025.
SO32 had 23,523 usual residents at the census.
About 53% of people in SO32 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO32, 64.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.