PO10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Emsworth, New Brighton and Westbourne, in Chichester and Havant.
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 PO10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO10, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO10 at a rate of 51.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 101 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (369), other crime (222) and anti-social behaviour (216).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO10 was 49.7 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 PO10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO10 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- 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 PO10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chichester 007C | 1,287 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.6% |
| Chichester 007D | 1,394 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.5% |
| Chichester 007E | 2,395 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.4% |
| Chichester 009C | 2,230 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 33.2% |
| Chichester 009D | 1,815 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.0% |
| Havant 013A | 1,520 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.6% |
| Havant 013B | 2,187 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.7% |
| Havant 013C | 1,774 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Havant 013D | 1,631 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Havant 013E | 1,701 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.2% |
| Havant 013F | 1,456 | 117.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.7% |
MPs for PO10
- Jess Brown-FullerLiberal DemocratMP for Chichester51% of PO10’s postcodes
- Alan MakConservativeMP for Havant49% of PO10’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 PO102
Postcode sectors in PO103
Councils PO10 covers2
Towns in PO101
Postcode districts next to PO103
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PO postcode area2
PO10 in brief
PO10 is a postcode district covering Emsworth, New Brighton and Westbourne, in Chichester and Havant.
About 20,883 people lived in PO10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 319 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 51.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO10 was £400,000 in 2025.
PO10 had 20,146 usual residents at the census.
In PO10, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO10, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.