SO53
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chandler's Ford, Valley Park and Fryern Hill, in Eastleigh and 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 SO53 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 53% of people in SO53 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO53 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO53 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO53 at a rate of 36.2 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 SO53.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (505), other crime (224) and anti-social behaviour (131).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO53 was 38.3 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 SO53, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO53 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 15 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO53
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh 001A | 1,636 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.6% |
| Eastleigh 001B | 1,691 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.9% |
| Eastleigh 001C | 1,939 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.3% |
| Eastleigh 001D | 1,771 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 66.9% |
| Eastleigh 001E | 1,732 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.3% |
| Eastleigh 002A | 1,526 | 31.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Eastleigh 002B | 1,471 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| Eastleigh 002E | 1,847 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Eastleigh 003A | 1,681 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.4% |
| Eastleigh 003B | 1,356 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% |
| Eastleigh 003C | 1,593 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.0% |
| Eastleigh 003D | 1,520 | 13.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Eastleigh 003E | 1,364 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.9% |
| Eastleigh 006D | 1,723 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Eastleigh 006E | 1,811 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Test Valley 014A | 1,487 | 14.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Test Valley 014B | 1,900 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Test Valley 014C | 1,406 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Test Valley 014D | 1,284 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Test Valley 014E | 1,282 | 11.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for SO53
- Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratMP for Eastleigh95% of SO53’s postcodes
- Caroline NokesConservativeMP for Romsey and Southampton North4.7% of SO53’s postcodes
- Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratMP for Winchester0.2% of SO53’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 SO534
Postcode sectors in SO535
Councils SO53 covers2
Towns in SO531
Postcode districts next to SO535
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SO postcode area2
SO53 in brief
SO53 is a postcode district covering Chandler's Ford, Valley Park and Fryern Hill, in Eastleigh and Test Valley.
About 32,212 people lived in SO53 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £418,625 in 2025 across 486 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 36.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO53 was £418,625 in 2025.
SO53 had 32,075 usual residents at the census.
About 53% of people in SO53 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO53, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.