SO52
Postcode districtPostcode district covering North Baddesley, in Test Valley.
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 SO52 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 36% of people in SO52 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO52 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO52 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO52 at a rate of 39.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO52.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (107), other crime (55) and criminal damage and arson (30).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO52 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 SO52, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO52 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 SO52
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Valley 012B | 1,827 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.8% |
| Test Valley 012C | 1,889 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.6% |
| Test Valley 012D | 1,855 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 74.0% |
| Test Valley 012E | 1,429 | 16.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
MPs for SO52
- Caroline NokesConservativeMP for Romsey and Southampton North99% of SO52’s postcodes
- Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratMP for Eastleigh0.5% of SO52’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 SO521
Postcode sectors in SO521
Council1
Postcode districts next to SO523
Nearest rail stations3
More in the SO postcode area2
SO52 in brief
SO52 is a postcode district covering North Baddesley, in Test Valley.
About 7,255 people lived in SO52 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 129 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 39.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO52 was £375,000 in 2025.
SO52 had 7,221 usual residents at the census.
About 36% of people in SO52 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO52, 85.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.