SO14
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Southampton, Ocean Village and St Mary's, in Southampton.
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 SO14 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SO14, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SO14 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO14 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO14 at a rate of 218.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across SO.
In August 2026 alone, 831 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,722), other crime (1,416) and anti-social behaviour (951).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO14 was 203.6 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 SO14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO14 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO14
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton 017A | 1,657 | 157.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 017B | 2,114 | 171.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Southampton 017C | 1,484 | 213.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 017D | 1,504 | 139.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 022A | 1,876 | 123.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Southampton 022B | 2,560 | 160.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.5% |
| Southampton 022C | 1,824 | 131.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Southampton 022D | 1,827 | 107.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 022G | 1,573 | 266.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.7% |
| Southampton 023E | 1,556 | 854.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 63.6% |
| Southampton 033A | 1,143 | 159.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Southampton 033B | 2,833 | 253.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.6% |
| Southampton 033C | 2,969 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Southampton 033D | 1,797 | 178.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Southampton 034A | 1,036 | 225.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Southampton 034B | 1,079 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Southampton 034C | 1,288 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.4% |
| Southampton 034D | 1,898 | 290.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.0% |
MPs for SO14
- Darren PaffeyLabourMP for Southampton Itchen57% of SO14’s postcodes
- Satvir KaurLabourMP for Southampton Test43% of SO14’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 SO144
Postcode sectors in SO147
Council1
Towns in SO141
Postcode districts next to SO142
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SO postcode area2
SO14 in brief
SO14 is a postcode district covering Southampton, Ocean Village and St Mary's, in Southampton.
About 34,900 people lived in SO14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £213,750 in 2025 across 264 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 218.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO14 was £213,750 in 2025.
SO14 had 30,889 usual residents at the census.
In SO14, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SO14, 5.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.