# PO8

Postcode district covering Horndean, Cowplain and Clanfield, in East Hampshire and Havant.

PO8 is a postcode district covering Horndean, Cowplain and Clanfield, in East Hampshire and Havant. Median sale price £365,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code PO8. 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 PO8 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £365,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PO8 was £365,000 in 2025. Joint 727th 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/po8#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 35,610** (2021). PO8 had 35,610 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 623rd most 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/po8#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in PO8 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/po8#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.8%** (January 2026). In PO8, 92.8% 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/po8#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=PO8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 97% of people in PO8 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=PO8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 560 homes were sold in PO8 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=PO8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PO8.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=PO8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PO8 had 35,610 usual residents at the census.

## How PO8 compares

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

| Measure | PO8 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £365,000 | 8th most expensive | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2025 |
| Population | 35,610 | 9th most populated | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 97% | joint 9th most people in radon Affected Areas | 34 postcode districts, PO · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.8% | 16th highest | 34 postcode districts, PO · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the PO postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in PO8

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [East Hampshire 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022588) | 2,660 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.7% |
| [East Hampshire 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022589) | 2,054 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.2% |
| [East Hampshire 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022590) | 1,524 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.7% |
| [East Hampshire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022607) | 1,179 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| [East Hampshire 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022608) | 1,329 | 11.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| [East Hampshire 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022606) | 2,465 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.4% |
| [East Hampshire 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022611) | 1,519 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [East Hampshire 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022613) | 1,454 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| [East Hampshire 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022614) | 1,116 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [East Hampshire 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022610) | 1,856 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.5% |
| [East Hampshire 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01032615) | 1,050 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [East Hampshire 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01032616) | 1,520 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Havant 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022931) | 1,590 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| [Havant 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022935) | 1,472 | 14.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| [Havant 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022919) | 1,566 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Havant 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022933) | 1,556 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Havant 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022934) | 1,830 | 181.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.9% |
| [Havant 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01032618) | 1,718 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.1% |
| [Havant 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022918) | 1,499 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.8% |
| [Havant 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022920) | 1,604 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| [Havant 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01022921) | 1,493 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Havant 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/neighbourhood/e01032617) | 1,591 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |

## Your MP

- [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-hampshire): Damian Hinds (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 60% of the people here.
- [Fareham and Waterlooville](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/fareham-and-waterlooville): Suella Braverman (Reform UK), MP since July 2024. 39% of the people here.
- [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/winchester): Dr Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.3% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in PO8

[Clanfield & Finchdean](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/clanfield-and-finchdean), [Cowplain East](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/cowplain-east), [Cowplain West](https://openindex.co.uk/havant/cowplain-west), [Horndean North](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/horndean-north), [Horndean South & Rowlands Castle](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/horndean-south-and-rowlands-castle)

## Postcode sectors in PO8

[PO8 0 (329 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po8-0), [PO8 8 (218 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po8-8), [PO8 9 (326 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po8-9)

## Councils PO8 covers

[East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire), [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant)

## Towns in PO8

[Horndean](https://openindex.co.uk/town/horndean)

## Postcode districts next to PO8

[GU31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu31), [GU32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu32), [PO7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po7), [PO9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po9), [PO18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po18)

## Nearest rail stations

[Rowlands Castle (5.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.9575,50.8922)

## 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)

## 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.
About 97% of people in PO8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO8, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PO8
- Postcode area: [PO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po)
- Constituency: [East Hampshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-hampshire)
- Council: [East Hampshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire)
- Area: 43.74 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,322*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 114

* 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

[PO7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po7), [PO9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po9), [GU31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu31), [GU32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu32), [PO18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po18)

## Latest updates for PO8

- 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/PO8

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po8#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 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po8