SO50
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Eastleigh, Fair Oak and Bishopstoke, in 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 SO50 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SO50, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SO50 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO50 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO50 at a rate of 74.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across SO.
In August 2026 alone, 429 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO50.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,793), other crime (803) and anti-social behaviour (557).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO50 was 70.6 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 SO50, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO50 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO50
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastleigh 002C | 1,332 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.8% |
| Eastleigh 002D | 1,855 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.6% |
| Eastleigh 004A | 1,662 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.2% |
| Eastleigh 004B | 2,118 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Eastleigh 004C | 1,492 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Eastleigh 004D | 2,273 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Eastleigh 004E | 1,503 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.4% |
| Eastleigh 005A | 1,532 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.9% |
| Eastleigh 005B | 1,219 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| Eastleigh 005C | 1,485 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| Eastleigh 005D | 1,778 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.1% |
| Eastleigh 005E | 1,533 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Eastleigh 005F | 1,203 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Eastleigh 006C | 1,999 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Eastleigh 006F | 1,394 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
| Eastleigh 006G | 1,925 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| Eastleigh 006H | 1,158 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Eastleigh 006I | 1,271 | 137.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.5% |
| Eastleigh 006J | 1,705 | 140.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.2% |
| Eastleigh 007A | 2,046 | 271.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.7% |
| Eastleigh 007B | 1,776 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Eastleigh 007C | 1,479 | 215.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.2% |
| Eastleigh 007D | 1,448 | 203.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.4% |
| Eastleigh 007E | 1,943 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Eastleigh 008A | 1,112 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.4% |
| Eastleigh 008B | 1,893 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.3% |
| Eastleigh 008C | 2,299 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.0% |
| Eastleigh 008D | 1,400 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% |
| Eastleigh 008E | 1,122 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.7% |
| Eastleigh 008F | 2,029 | 82.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.1% |
| Eastleigh 008G | 1,676 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.0% |
MPs for SO50
- Liz JarvisLiberal DemocratMP for Eastleigh98% of SO50’s postcodes
- Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratMP for Winchester1.2% of SO50’s postcodes
- Caroline NokesConservativeMP for Romsey and Southampton North0.5% of SO50’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 SO505
Postcode sectors in SO507
Council1
Towns in SO501
Postcode districts next to SO506
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SO postcode area2
SO50 in brief
SO50 is a postcode district covering Eastleigh, Fair Oak and Bishopstoke, in Eastleigh.
About 54,072 people lived in SO50 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 786 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO50 was £320,000 in 2025.
SO50 had 51,448 usual residents at the census.
In SO50, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SO50, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.