GU31
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Petersfield, Sheet and Causeway, in East Hampshire and Chichester.
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 GU31 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In GU31, 67.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How GU31 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is GU31 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in GU31 at a rate of 41.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.7 per 1,000 people across GU.
In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in GU31.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (176), other crime (71) and anti-social behaviour (61).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in GU31 was 39.4 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 GU31, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GU31 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in GU31
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chichester 003A | 2,053 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 38.8% |
| Chichester 003B | 1,338 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 10.4% |
| East Hampshire 011D | 2,221 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.1% |
| East Hampshire 011E | 2,615 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.1% |
| East Hampshire 012C | 2,300 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.3% |
| East Hampshire 012D | 2,257 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.8% |
MPs for GU31
- Damian HindsConservativeMP for East Hampshire62% of GU31’s postcodes
- Andrew GriffithConservativeMP for Arundel and South Downs38% of GU31’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 GU311
Postcode sectors in GU312
Councils GU31 covers2
Towns in GU311
Postcode districts next to GU316
Nearest rail stations1
More in the GU postcode area2
GU31 in brief
GU31 is a postcode district covering Petersfield, Sheet and Causeway, in East Hampshire and Chichester.
About 11,648 people lived in GU31 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £499,950 in 2025 across 181 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 41.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in GU31 was £499,950 in 2025.
GU31 had 11,559 usual residents at the census.
In GU31, 67.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In GU31, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.