SO22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Winchester, Harestock and Weeke, in Winchester.
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 SO22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SO22, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SO22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO22 at a rate of 55.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across SO.
In August 2026 alone, 129 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (867), other crime (430) and anti-social behaviour (131).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO22 was 54.2 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 SO22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO22 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester 003A | 2,200 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Winchester 003B | 1,851 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 13.3% |
| Winchester 003C | 1,735 | 12.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.4% |
| Winchester 005A | 1,585 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.5% |
| Winchester 005B | 1,348 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.6% |
| Winchester 005C | 1,893 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.1% |
| Winchester 005D | 1,222 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.8% |
| Winchester 005E | 2,503 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.4% |
| Winchester 005F | 1,527 | 137.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.3% |
| Winchester 007C | 2,047 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 60.3% |
| Winchester 007F | 1,407 | 126.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.5% |
| Winchester 008A | 1,307 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Winchester 008B | 1,633 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Winchester 008C | 1,562 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Winchester 008D | 2,262 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 49.6% |
| Winchester 009B | 1,218 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| Winchester 009C | 1,243 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Winchester 009D | 1,591 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.2% |
| Winchester 009E | 2,089 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
Your MP
- Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratMP for Winchester
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 SO224
Postcode sectors in SO223
Council1
Towns in SO221
Postcode districts next to SO222
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SO postcode area2
SO22 in brief
SO22 is a postcode district covering Winchester, Harestock and Weeke, in Winchester.
About 33,157 people lived in SO22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £525,000 in 2025 across 417 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO22 was £525,000 in 2025.
SO22 had 31,960 usual residents at the census.
In SO22, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SO22, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.