Property market
The five-year median is £260,000 from 2,793 recorded sales in SO18. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Southampton is £235,362 in June 2026, up 0.1% year on year.
SO18
UK postcode district
Part of Southampton
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,402
- Current units
- 940
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 462
Postcode sectors in SO18
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,054 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Home Spinney House, Flat 33, River View Road, Southampton, SO18 1UD | 29 July 2026 | £81,000 |
| 7, Steuart Road, Southampton, SO18 1AJ | 23 July 2026 | £308,500 |
| 12, Wellington Road, Southampton, SO18 1NE | 23 July 2026 | £377,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,690
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,225
- Vehicle crime 248
- Shoplifting 224
- Public order 187
- Criminal damage and arson 162
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SO18 usual residents
- 37,464
- Age-profile population
- 37,130
Age bands in SO18
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- 6,673 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.4%
- 4,222 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.9%
- 10,360 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.3%
- 9,410 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.4%
- 6,465 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 891 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 878 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 843 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
WEST END ROAD SURGERY
62 WEST END ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO18 6TG
ODS code J82040
Evidence in context
Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,690 published events cover 12 months, averaging 224 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,225 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.