PO38 2NE

Chale, Niton & Shorwell · Isle of Wight · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ventnor
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Postcode district
PO38
Postcode sector
PO38 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO38 2NG 180 m
PO38 2NQ 239 m
PO38 2ND 247 m
PO38 2NP 259 m
PO38 2NB 365 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO38 2NE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO38
Postcode sector
PO38 2
Latitude
50.578927
Longitude
-1.291508
British National Grid easting
450,260
British National Grid northing
75,706

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001308
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087369
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 017C · E01017299
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 017 · E02003597

Postcode source versions

Explore PO38

26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lucerne, St Catherines Road, Niton Undercliff, Ventnor, PO38 2NE 31 October 2025 £840,000
Puckaster Lodge, St Catherines Road, Niton Undercliff, Ventnor, PO38 2NE 14 July 2023 £370,000
Whispering Winds, St Catherines Road, Niton Undercliff, Ventnor, PO38 2NE 9 June 2022 £650,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Niton Primary School

    Community school

    973 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
28
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
37

20 female, 17 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.1
PO38 2 residents
2,937

Age bands in PO38 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.7%

324 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.1%

197 residents

Age 25 to 44
15%

415 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.9%

855 residents

Age 65 and over
35.3%

978 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO38 2 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+
96.2%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
96.2%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Buddle Inn

    BCT · Niton

    0.0 miles
  • Sandrock

    BCT · Niton

    0.1 miles
  • Castlehaven Lane

    BCT · Niton

    0.2 miles
  • Undercliff Garage

    BCT · Niton

    0.3 miles
  • Undercliff Garage

    BCT · Niton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 017C, 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

6,036 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £650,000 from 5 recorded sales in PO38 2NE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Isle of Wight is £240,998 in June 2026, up 1.1% year on year.

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Niton Primary School is the nearest published school at 973 m.

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

Recorded crime

28 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.

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