SO17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Southampton, Portswood and Westwood Park, 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 SO17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SO17, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SO17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO17 at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across SO.
In August 2026 alone, 227 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (739), other crime (452) and shoplifting (263).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO17 was 98.3 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 SO17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO17 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton 005B | 1,292 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Southampton 005G | 1,768 | 116.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Southampton 005H | 1,345 | 6.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 009A | 1,608 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Southampton 009D | 1,729 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| Southampton 009E | 1,252 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Southampton 009F | 2,210 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.2% |
| Southampton 013A | 1,176 | 191.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Southampton 013B | 1,478 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Southampton 013C | 1,613 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Southampton 013D | 2,127 | 135.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Southampton 013E | 1,528 | 306.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
MPs for SO17
- Satvir KaurLabourMP for Southampton Test90% of SO17’s postcodes
- Caroline NokesConservativeMP for Romsey and Southampton North9.8% of SO17’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 SO173
Postcode sectors in SO173
Council1
Towns in SO171
Postcode districts next to SO174
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SO postcode area2
SO17 in brief
SO17 is a postcode district covering Southampton, Portswood and Westwood Park, in Southampton.
About 22,078 people lived in SO17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £255,250 in 2025 across 226 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO17 was £255,250 in 2025.
SO17 had 19,671 usual residents at the census.
In SO17, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SO17, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.