PO30 1AS

Newport Central · Isle of Wight · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Postcode district
PO30
Postcode sector
PO30 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO30 1RX 31 m
PO30 5LA 34 m
PO30 1BJ 36 m
PO30 1BL 41 m
PO30 1TB 46 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO30 1AS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO30
Postcode sector
PO30 1
Latitude
50.698300
Longitude
-1.298944
British National Grid easting
449,608
British National Grid northing
88,975

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001323
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087494
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 009C · E01017326
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 009 · E02003589

Postcode source versions

Explore PO30

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
9
Secondary
3
  1. Nine Acres Primary School

    Community school

    336 m
  2. Newport Church of England Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    431 m
  3. Carisbrooke Church of England Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    880 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,118
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,340
  • Shoplifting 436
  • Public order 321
  • Anti social behaviour 275
  • Criminal damage and arson 219

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

19 female, 10 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.6
PO30 1 residents
6,919

Age bands in PO30 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,263 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

841 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.1%

1,891 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,134 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

1,727 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO30 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
8.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
8.3%
Gigabit-capable
8.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • NEWPORT HEALTH CENTRE

    22 CARISBROOKE HIGH STREET, CARISBROOKE, NEWPORT, PO30 1NR

    ODS code J84011

    1.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Drill Hall Road

    BCT · Newport

    0.0 miles
  • Drill Hall Road

    BCT · Newport

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Newport

    0.2 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Newport

    0.2 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Newport

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 009C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,798 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
11
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 3 secondary schools. Nine Acres Primary School is the nearest published school at 336 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,118 published events cover 12 months, averaging 259.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,340 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.