# Eastleigh

Town in Eastleigh, South East.

Eastleigh is a town in Eastleigh, South East. Median sale price £320,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 77.7 per 1,000 people. About 50,842 people.

Town. Code E63006272. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh)

Eastleigh is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Eastleigh add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £320,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Eastleigh was £320,000 in 2025. Joint 361st most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/eastleigh#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 48,355** (2021). Eastleigh had 48,355 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 229th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/eastleigh#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 88%** (2022). About 88% of people in Eastleigh 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/town/eastleigh#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.6%** (January 2026). In Eastleigh, 91.6% 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/town/eastleigh#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006272) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 88% of people in Eastleigh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006272) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 734 homes were sold in Eastleigh in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006272) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Eastleigh.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006272) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Eastleigh had 48,355 usual residents at the census.

## How Eastleigh compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Eastleigh | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £320,000 | joint 40th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 48,355 | 39th most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 88% | joint 59th most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.6% | joint 89th highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Eastleigh safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Eastleigh at a rate of 77.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 394 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Eastleigh.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,798), other crime (769) and anti-social behaviour (511).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Eastleigh was 75.4 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 Eastleigh, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Eastleigh has no single figure. Of its 29 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: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Eastleigh

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eastleigh 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022675) | 1,332 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.8% |
| [Eastleigh 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022676) | 1,855 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.6% |
| [Eastleigh 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022648) | 1,662 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.2% |
| [Eastleigh 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022667) | 2,118 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Eastleigh 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022672) | 1,492 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| [Eastleigh 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022673) | 2,273 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Eastleigh 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022674) | 1,503 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.4% |
| [Eastleigh 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022643) | 1,532 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.9% |
| [Eastleigh 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022644) | 1,219 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| [Eastleigh 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022646) | 1,485 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| [Eastleigh 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022647) | 1,778 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.1% |
| [Eastleigh 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022649) | 1,533 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Eastleigh 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022650) | 1,203 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| [Eastleigh 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022678) | 1,999 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Eastleigh 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01035433) | 1,394 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
| [Eastleigh 006G](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01035434) | 1,925 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| [Eastleigh 006H](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01035435) | 1,158 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Eastleigh 006I](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01035436) | 1,271 | 137.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.5% |
| [Eastleigh 006J](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01035437) | 1,705 | 140.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.2% |
| [Eastleigh 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022666) | 2,046 | 271.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.7% |
| [Eastleigh 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022669) | 1,776 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Eastleigh 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022670) | 1,479 | 215.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.2% |
| [Eastleigh 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022671) | 1,448 | 203.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.4% |
| [Eastleigh 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022679) | 1,943 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Eastleigh 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022645) | 1,112 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.4% |
| [Eastleigh 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022682) | 1,893 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.3% |
| [Eastleigh 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022683) | 2,299 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.0% |
| [Eastleigh 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022684) | 1,400 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.8% |
| [Eastleigh 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/neighbourhood/e01022685) | 1,122 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.7% |

## Your MP

- [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/eastleigh): Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Eastleigh

[SO50](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so50)

## Middle areas in Eastleigh

[Bishopstoke](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/bishopstoke), [Boyatt Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/boyatt-wood), [Central Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/central-eastleigh), [Eastleigh West](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/eastleigh-west), [Fair Oak](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh/fair-oak)

## Towns near Eastleigh

[Chandler's Ford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chandlers-ford), [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton), [West End](https://openindex.co.uk/town/west-end), [Hedge End](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hedge-end), [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/winchester), [Romsey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/romsey)

## Eastleigh in brief

Eastleigh is a town in Eastleigh, South East.
About 50,842 people lived in Eastleigh 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 734 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 77.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Eastleigh was £320,000 in 2025.
Eastleigh had 48,355 usual residents at the census.
About 88% of people in Eastleigh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Eastleigh, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63006272
- Constituency: [Eastleigh †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/eastleigh)
- Council: [Eastleigh †](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 11.64 km²
- People, mid-2024: 50,842*
- Neighbourhoods: 29
- Output areas: 151

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton), [Chandler's Ford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chandlers-ford), [West End](https://openindex.co.uk/town/west-end), [Hedge End](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hedge-end), [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/winchester), [Romsey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/romsey)

## Latest updates for Eastleigh

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63006272

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/eastleigh