# PO40

Postcode district covering Freshwater, Colwell and Easton, in Isle of Wight.

PO40 is a postcode district covering Freshwater, Colwell and Easton, in Isle of Wight. Median sale price £295,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 60.5 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code PO40. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [PO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £295,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PO40 was £295,000 in 2025. Joint 1,116th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 5,670** (2021). PO40 had 5,670 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 497th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in PO40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.7%** (January 2026). In PO40, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=PO40) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in PO40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=PO40) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 100 homes were sold in PO40 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=PO40) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PO40.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=PO40) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PO40 had 5,670 usual residents at the census.

## How PO40 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | PO40 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £295,000 | 15th cheapest | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2025 |
| Population | 5,670 | 5th least populated | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 87.7% | 12th lowest | 34 postcode districts, PO · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the PO postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in PO40

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Isle of Wight 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/neighbourhood/e01017312) | 1,800 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| [Isle of Wight 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/neighbourhood/e01017315) | 1,528 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.2% |
| [Isle of Wight 012H](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/neighbourhood/e01033239) | 2,314 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.2% |

## Your MP

- [Isle of Wight West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/isle-of-wight-west): Richard Quigley (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in PO40

[Yarmouth & Freshwater](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight/yarmouth-and-freshwater)

## Postcode sectors in PO40

[PO40 0 (1 postcode)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40-0), [PO40 9 (292 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40-9)

## Council

[Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight)

## Towns in PO40

[Freshwater and Totland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/freshwater-and-totland)

## Postcode districts next to PO40

[PO30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po30), [PO39](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po39), [PO41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po41)

## More in the PO postcode area

[All PO postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 0% of people in PO40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO40, 87.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PO40
- Postcode area: [PO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po)
- Constituency: [Isle of Wight West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/isle-of-wight-west)
- Council: [Isle of Wight †](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight)
- Area: 13.11 km²
- People, mid-2024: 5,754*
- Neighbourhoods: 3
- Output areas: 19

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[PO41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po41), [PO39](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po39), [PO30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po30)

## Latest updates for PO40

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/PO40

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po40