PO8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Horndean, Cowplain and Clanfield, in East Hampshire and Havant.
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 PO8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PO8, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PO8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO8 at a rate of 49.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across PO.
In August 2026 alone, 172 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (777), other crime (349) and anti-social behaviour (213).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO8 was 50.5 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 PO8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO8 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hampshire 013A | 2,660 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.7% |
| East Hampshire 013B | 2,054 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.2% |
| East Hampshire 013C | 1,524 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% |
| East Hampshire 013D | 1,179 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| East Hampshire 013E | 1,329 | 11.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| East Hampshire 014A | 2,465 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.4% |
| East Hampshire 014B | 1,519 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| East Hampshire 014C | 1,454 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| East Hampshire 014D | 1,116 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| East Hampshire 016A | 1,856 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.5% |
| East Hampshire 016D | 1,050 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| East Hampshire 016E | 1,520 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Havant 003B | 1,590 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| Havant 003C | 1,472 | 14.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| Havant 019A | 1,566 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Havant 019B | 1,556 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Havant 019C | 1,830 | 181.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.9% |
| Havant 019D | 1,718 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.1% |
| Havant 020A | 1,499 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.8% |
| Havant 020B | 1,604 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Havant 020C | 1,493 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Havant 020D | 1,591 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
MPs for PO8
- Damian HindsConservativeMP for East Hampshire60% of PO8’s postcodes
- Suella BravermanReform UKMP for Fareham and Waterlooville39% of PO8’s postcodes
- Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratMP for Winchester0.3% of PO8’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 PO85
Postcode sectors in PO83
Councils PO8 covers2
Towns in PO81
Postcode districts next to PO85
Nearest rail stations1
More in the PO postcode area2
PO8 in brief
PO8 is a postcode district covering Horndean, Cowplain and Clanfield, in East Hampshire and Havant.
About 36,322 people lived in PO8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £365,000 in 2025 across 560 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO8 was £365,000 in 2025.
PO8 had 35,610 usual residents at the census.
In PO8, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PO8, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.