PO30
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newport, in Isle of Wight.
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 PO30 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO30, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO30 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO30 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO30 at a rate of 115.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 306 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO30.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,652), other crime (677) and shoplifting (458).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO30 was 116.5 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 PO30, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO30 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO30
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight 008A | 1,496 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 72.9% |
| Isle of Wight 008B | 1,548 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.7% |
| Isle of Wight 008C | 2,273 | 116.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.5% |
| Isle of Wight 008D | 1,968 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.5% |
| Isle of Wight 008E | 1,981 | 196.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.4% |
| Isle of Wight 009A | 1,360 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Isle of Wight 009B | 1,254 | 207.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Isle of Wight 009C | 1,610 | 551.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.9% |
| Isle of Wight 009D | 1,418 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Isle of Wight 009E | 1,769 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.8% |
| Isle of Wight 011A | 1,783 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.8% |
| Isle of Wight 011B | 1,948 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Isle of Wight 011C | 1,314 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 49.9% |
| Isle of Wight 011D | 1,410 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.4% |
| Isle of Wight 011E | 1,433 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
| Isle of Wight 011F | 1,528 | 249.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.7% |
| Isle of Wight 013A | 1,226 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 29.2% |
| Isle of Wight 013B | 1,175 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.5% |
| Isle of Wight 013C | 1,595 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.6% |
| Isle of Wight 017A | 1,446 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 47.7% |
MPs for PO30
- Richard QuigleyLabourMP for Isle of Wight West100% of PO30’s postcodes
- Joe RobertsonConservativeMP for Isle of Wight East0.4% of PO30’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 PO304
Postcode sectors in PO306
Council1
Towns in PO301
Postcode districts next to PO307
More in the PO postcode area2
PO30 in brief
PO30 is a postcode district covering Newport, in Isle of Wight.
About 32,422 people lived in PO30 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £238,000 in 2025 across 443 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 115.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO30 was £238,000 in 2025.
PO30 had 31,207 usual residents at the census.
In PO30, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO30, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.