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PO15

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Hill Park, Whiteley and Burridge, in Fareham and Winchester.

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 PO15 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In PO15, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£332,500
889th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
24,482
1,203rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How PO15 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

PO15Middle
Median sale price34 postcode districts, PO · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in PO34 areas from £222,500 to £500,000. The middle area is £312,500. PO15 is £332,500.
£332,50014th most expensive
Population34 postcode districts, PO · 2021
Population: every postcode district in PO34 areas from 2,053 to 50,925. The middle area is 28,907. PO15 is 24,482.
24,48216th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage34 postcode districts, PO · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in PO34 areas from 59.0% to 99.8%. The middle area is 91.6%. PO15 is 97.5%.
97.5%6th highest
Claimant rate34 postcode districts, PO · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in PO34 areas from 1.8% to 5.9%. The middle area is 3.2%. PO15 is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 2nd lowest

Is PO15 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO15 at a rate of 65.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.

In August 2026 alone, 145 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO15.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (678), other crime (322) and anti-social behaviour (204).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO15 was 64.1 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 PO15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO15 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in PO15

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Fareham 001B1,69823.9 per 1,00010100.0%
Fareham 001C2,53236.2 per 1,0001096.7%
Fareham 002D1,74190.4 per 1,000894.7%
Fareham 003A1,49335.1 per 1,0009100.0%
Fareham 003B1,26144.0 per 1,0009100.0%
Fareham 003C1,454124.8 per 1,000299.6%
Fareham 003D1,64336.0 per 1,0007100.0%
Fareham 003E1,395181.2 per 1,000499.5%
Fareham 004D1,51130.4 per 1,00010100.0%
Fareham 004F1,79746.8 per 1,0001099.3%
Fareham 009C1,65936.1 per 1,00010100.0%
Fareham 009D1,41831.4 per 1,0001098.2%
Winchester 013F1,74952.5 per 1,0001099.5%
Winchester 013G1,570146.5 per 1,000998.2%

MPs for PO15

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 PO151

Postcode sectors in PO153

Councils PO15 covers2

Towns in PO153

Postcode districts next to PO155

Nearest rail stations4

More in the PO postcode area2

PO15 in brief

PO15 is a postcode district covering Hill Park, Whiteley and Burridge, in Fareham and Winchester.

About 25,247 people lived in PO15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £332,500 in 2025 across 428 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in PO15 was £332,500 in 2025.

PO15 had 24,482 usual residents at the census.

In PO15, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In PO15, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.