# SO30

Postcode district covering Hedge End, West End and Dowd's Farm, in Eastleigh.

SO30 is a postcode district covering Hedge End, West End and Dowd's Farm, in Eastleigh. Median sale price £345,708 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SO30. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so)

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 SO30 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £345,708** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SO30 was £345,708 in 2025. 825th 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/so30#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 33,969** (2021). SO30 had 33,969 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 706th 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/so30#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 6%** (2022). About 6% of people in SO30 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/so30#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.6%** (January 2026). In SO30, 89.6% 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/so30#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SO30) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 6% of people in SO30 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=SO30) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 578 homes were sold in SO30 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SO30) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SO30.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SO30) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SO30 had 33,969 usual residents at the census.

## How SO30 compares

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

| Measure | SO30 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £345,708 | 10th cheapest | 23 postcode districts, SO · 2025 |
| Population | 33,969 | 9th most populated | 24 postcode districts, SO · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 6% | 9th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 24 postcode districts, SO · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 89.6% | 10th highest | 24 postcode districts, SO · Jan 2026 |

## Is SO30 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO30 at a rate of 69.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 242 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO30.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (870), other crime (445) and shoplifting (368).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO30 was 64.7 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 SO30, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO30 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in SO30

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eastleigh 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022713) | 2,052 | 85.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.0% |
| [Eastleigh 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022714) | 1,605 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| [Eastleigh 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022715) | 1,949 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Eastleigh 009G](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022719) | 1,563 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.3% |
| [Eastleigh 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022691) | 1,502 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| [Eastleigh 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022693) | 1,454 | 15.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Eastleigh 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022694) | 1,744 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.6% |
| [Eastleigh 010G](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01035439) | 1,984 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| [Eastleigh 010H](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01035440) | 1,487 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.9% |
| [Eastleigh 010I](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01035441) | 1,480 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.7% |
| [Eastleigh 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022652) | 1,760 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.7% |
| [Eastleigh 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022695) | 1,243 | 136.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.9% |
| [Eastleigh 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022700) | 1,534 | 126.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.9% |
| [Eastleigh 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022701) | 1,058 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Eastleigh 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022703) | 1,416 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |
| [Eastleigh 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022651) | 1,764 | 17.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.0% |
| [Eastleigh 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022696) | 1,500 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.1% |
| [Eastleigh 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022697) | 1,585 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 76.2% |
| [Eastleigh 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022698) | 1,982 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.9% |
| [Eastleigh 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022699) | 1,742 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.7% |
| [Eastleigh 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022702) | 1,286 | 179.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Hamble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hamble-valley): Paul Holmes (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 76% of the people here.
- [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/eastleigh): Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 24% 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 SO30

[Hedge End North & Botley North](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/hedge-end-north-and-botley-north), [Hedge End South](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/hedge-end-south), [Hedge End Wildern & Botley South](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/hedge-end-wildern-and-botley-south), [West End & Chartwell Green](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/west-end-and-chartwell-green)

## Postcode sectors in SO30

[SO30 0 (156 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so30-0), [SO30 2 (313 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so30-2), [SO30 3 (187 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so30-3), [SO30 4 (146 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so30-4), [SO30 9 (23 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so30-9)

## Council

[Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh)

## Towns in SO30

[Hedge End](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hedge-end), [West End](https://openindex.co.uk/town/west-end)

## Postcode districts next to SO30

[PO15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po15), [PO17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po17), [SO18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so18), [SO19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so19), [SO31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so31), [SO32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so32), [SO50](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so50), [SO97](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so97)

## Nearest rail stations

[Hedge End (1.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.2945,50.9323), [Botley (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.2592,50.9164), [Bursledon (3.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3050,50.8837), [Sholing (4.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3649,50.8967)

## More in the SO postcode area

[All SO postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## SO30 in brief

SO30 is a postcode district covering Hedge End, West End and Dowd's Farm, in Eastleigh.
About 35,425 people lived in SO30 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £345,708 in 2025 across 578 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 69.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO30 was £345,708 in 2025.
SO30 had 33,969 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in SO30 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO30, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SO30
- Postcode area: [SO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so)
- Constituency: [Hamble Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hamble-valley)
- Council: [Eastleigh †](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh)
- Area: 30.68 km²
- People, mid-2024: 35,425*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 109

* 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

[SO32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so32), [SO31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so31), [SO50](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so50), [SO18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so18), [PO15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/po15), [SO97](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so97)

## Latest updates for SO30

- 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/SO30

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so30, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so30#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so30