PO12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Gosport, Forton and Newtown, in Gosport.
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 PO12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO12, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO12 at a rate of 83.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 425 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,667), other crime (817) and anti-social behaviour (576).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO12 was 92.9 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 PO12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO12 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 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 PO12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gosport 003A | 1,356 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 003B | 1,639 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Gosport 003C | 1,502 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Gosport 003D | 1,495 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 003E | 1,321 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 005A | 1,396 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Gosport 005B | 1,353 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 005C | 1,738 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 005D | 1,454 | 123.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Gosport 005F | 1,398 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Gosport 005G | 1,172 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Gosport 007A | 1,344 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 007D | 1,621 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 007E | 1,269 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 007F | 2,013 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Gosport 008A | 1,471 | 98.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.2% |
| Gosport 008C | 1,729 | 171.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Gosport 008D | 1,502 | 150.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 008F | 1,038 | 382.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.7% |
| Gosport 008G | 1,210 | 220.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.7% |
| Gosport 008H | 1,379 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.9% |
| Gosport 008I | 1,063 | 111.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 47.9% |
| Gosport 009A | 1,492 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Gosport 009B | 1,567 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Gosport 009C | 1,319 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| Gosport 009D | 1,529 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Gosport 009E | 1,268 | 14.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 010A | 1,114 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 010B | 1,460 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.8% |
| Gosport 010C | 1,402 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Gosport 010D | 1,192 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 010E | 1,316 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Gosport 010F | 1,352 | 71.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
Your MP
- Dame Caroline DinenageConservativeMP for Gosport
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PO12 in brief
PO12 is a postcode district covering Gosport, Forton and Newtown, in Gosport.
About 47,181 people lived in PO12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £242,500 in 2025 across 740 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO12 was £242,500 in 2025.
PO12 had 46,484 usual residents at the census.
In PO12, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO12, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.