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SO32

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Boorley Green, Bishop's Waltham and Newtown, in Winchester and Eastleigh.

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 SO32 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In SO32, 64.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£425,000
503rd most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
23,523
1,252nd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
64.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How SO32 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SO32Middle
Median sale price23 postcode districts, SO · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SO23 areas from £213,750 to £822,500. The middle area is £385,000. SO32 is £425,000.
£425,0009th most expensive
Population24 postcode districts, SO · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SO24 areas from 428 to 69,888. The middle area is 31,425. SO32 is 23,523.
23,52310th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, SO · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SO24 areas from 42.0% to 98.8%. The middle area is 84.7%. SO32 is 64.8%.
64.8%5th lowest
Claimant rate23 postcode districts, SO · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in SO23 areas from 1.2% to 5.3%. The middle area is 2.2%. SO32 is 2.3%.
2.3%10th highest

Is SO32 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO32 at a rate of 47.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across SO.

In August 2026 alone, 95 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO32.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (537), other crime (255) and anti-social behaviour (183).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO32 was 48.1 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 SO32, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO32 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in SO32

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Eastleigh 010F2,13379.6 per 1,000794.2%
Winchester 011A2,10530.5 per 1,000646.3%
Winchester 011B1,69452.2 per 1,000856.9%
Winchester 011C1,76035.8 per 1,000976.7%
Winchester 011D1,25732.2 per 1,000754.0%
Winchester 011E2,14636.1 per 1,000716.5%
Winchester 012A1,99138.0 per 1,000977.1%
Winchester 012B1,86170.0 per 1,000763.3%
Winchester 012C1,56294.6 per 1,0001073.8%
Winchester 012D1,54341.6 per 1,000690.4%
Winchester 012E1,59417.9 per 1,0001071.0%
Winchester 012F1,65222.0 per 1,0001064.4%
Winchester 013A2,71690.9 per 1,000876.0%
Winchester 013B1,27081.4 per 1,000648.2%

MPs for SO32

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 SO322

Postcode sectors in SO323

Councils SO32 covers2

Postcode districts next to SO327

More in the SO postcode area2

SO32 in brief

SO32 is a postcode district covering Boorley Green, Bishop's Waltham and Newtown, in Winchester and Eastleigh.

About 26,793 people lived in SO32 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 516 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SO32 was £425,000 in 2025.

SO32 had 23,523 usual residents at the census.

In SO32, 64.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In SO32, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.