PO40
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Freshwater, Colwell and Easton, 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 PO40 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO40, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO40 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO40 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO40 at a rate of 60.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 35 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO40.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (162), other crime (69) and anti-social behaviour (37).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO40 was 81.2 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 PO40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO40 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO40
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Wight 012A | 1,800 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| Isle of Wight 012D | 1,528 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.2% |
| Isle of Wight 012H | 2,314 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.2% |
Your MP
- Richard QuigleyLabourMP for Isle of Wight West
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 PO401
Postcode sectors in PO402
Council1
Towns in PO401
Postcode districts next to PO403
More in the PO postcode area2
PO40 in brief
PO40 is a postcode district covering Freshwater, Colwell and Easton, in Isle of Wight.
About 5,754 people lived in PO40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 100 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO40 was £295,000 in 2025.
PO40 had 5,670 usual residents at the census.
In PO40, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO40, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.