PO38 3AP

Central Rural · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO38 3ET 73 m
PO38 3AR 109 m
PO38 3EU 122 m
PO38 3PP 263 m
PO38 3AW 269 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO38 3AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO38
Postcode sector
PO38 3
Latitude
50.633629
Longitude
-1.235696
British National Grid easting
454,149
British National Grid northing
81,828

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001303
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087725
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 017D · E01017369
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 017 · E02003597

Postcode source versions

Explore PO38

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Touch-Wood, Shanklin Road, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AP 22 December 2008 £210,000
Gilderthorn, Shanklin Road, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AP 24 September 1998 £105,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Godshill Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  2. Wroxall Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km
  3. St Blasius Shanklin CofE Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
35
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 23
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Drugs 1
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.4
PO38 3 residents
3,849

Age bands in PO38 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.7%

482 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

315 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.3%

580 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

1,144 residents

Age 65 and over
33.7%

1,279 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO38 3 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • VENTNOR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    3 ALBERT STREET, VENTNOR, PO38 1EZ

    ODS code J84003

    4.9 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

  • Redhill Lane

    BCT · Sandford

    0.0 miles
  • Redhill Lane

    BCT · Sandford

    0.0 miles
  • Chapel

    BCT · Sandford

    0.2 miles
  • Chapel

    BCT · Sandford

    0.3 miles
  • Godshill South

    BCT · Godshill

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,602 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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
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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Godshill Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

35 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 23 events.

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