PO38 9AE

Ventnor & St Lawrence · 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 East
Postcode district
PO38
Postcode sector
PO38 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO38 1SS 1 m
PO38 9BN 1 m
PO38 9DF 1 m
PO38 9DG 1 m
PO38 1SW 32 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO38 9AE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2007
Terminated
1 January 2007
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO38
Postcode sector
PO38 9
Latitude
50.594481
Longitude
-1.205799
British National Grid easting
456,310
British National Grid northing
77,497

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001316
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight East · E14001303
Output area
E00087697
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 018A · E01017363
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 018 · E02003598

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. St Catherine's School and College

    Non-maintained special school

    193 m
  2. The Island Free School

    Free schools

    1.1 km
  3. St Francis Catholic and Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
449
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 203
  • Public order 52
  • Anti social behaviour 47
  • Shoplifting 41
  • Criminal damage and arson 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • VENTNOR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    3 ALBERT STREET, VENTNOR, PO38 1EZ

    ODS code J84003

    142 m

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

  • Boots

    BCT · Ventnor

    0.0 miles
  • St Catherines Church

    BCT · Ventnor

    0.0 miles
  • St Catherines Church

    BCT · Ventnor

    0.1 miles
  • Spring Hill Gardens

    BCT · Ventnor

    0.1 miles
  • Grove House Surgery

    BCT · Ventnor

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 018A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,375 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Catherine's School and College is the nearest published school at 193 m.

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

Recorded crime

449 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 203 events.

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