PO36
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sandown and Lake, 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 PO36 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO36, 88.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO36 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO36 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO36 at a rate of 95.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 177 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO36.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (623), anti-social behaviour (265) and other crime (257).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO36 was 95.7 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 PO36, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO36 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO36
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight 014A | 2,170 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.5% |
| Isle of Wight 014B | 1,770 | 158.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
| Isle of Wight 014C | 1,418 | 131.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| Isle of Wight 014D | 2,104 | 204.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.0% |
| Isle of Wight 014E | 1,835 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Isle of Wight 015A | 1,451 | 129.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Isle of Wight 015B | 1,079 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| Isle of Wight 015C | 1,167 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 64.4% |
| Isle of Wight 015D | 1,467 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.5% |
| Isle of Wight 016A | 1,172 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.9% |
| Isle of Wight 016B | 1,276 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 73.5% |
MPs for PO36
- Joe RobertsonConservativeMP for Isle of Wight East99% of PO36’s postcodes
- Richard QuigleyLabourMP for Isle of Wight West0.5% of PO36’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 PO362
Postcode sectors in PO364
Council1
Towns in PO361
Postcode districts next to PO365
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PO postcode area2
PO36 in brief
PO36 is a postcode district covering Sandown and Lake, in Isle of Wight.
About 17,197 people lived in PO36 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £258,500 in 2025 across 245 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO36 was £258,500 in 2025.
PO36 had 16,908 usual residents at the census.
In PO36, 88.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO36, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.