PO38
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ventnor, Niton and Cowlease, 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 PO38 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO38, 74.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO38 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO38 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO38 at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 73 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO38.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (345), other crime (129) and anti-social behaviour (93).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO38 was 67.6 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 PO38, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO38 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO38
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight 017B | 1,526 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.6% |
| Isle of Wight 017C | 1,244 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 28.5% |
| Isle of Wight 017D | 1,484 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.2% |
| Isle of Wight 018A | 1,407 | 171.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.0% |
| Isle of Wight 018B | 1,327 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.3% |
| Isle of Wight 018C | 1,377 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 59.4% |
| Isle of Wight 018D | 1,455 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.3% |
| Isle of Wight 018E | 1,709 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.8% |
MPs for PO38
- Joe RobertsonConservativeMP for Isle of Wight East55% of PO38’s postcodes
- Richard QuigleyLabourMP for Isle of Wight West45% of PO38’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 PO382
Postcode sectors in PO384
Council1
Postcode districts next to PO383
More in the PO postcode area2
PO38 in brief
PO38 is a postcode district covering Ventnor, Niton and Cowlease, in Isle of Wight.
About 11,982 people lived in PO38 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 227 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO38 was £280,000 in 2025.
PO38 had 12,138 usual residents at the census.
In PO38, 74.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO38, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.