SO3 1BG

Bishop's Waltham · Winchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Winchester
Constituency
Winchester
Postcode district
SO3
Postcode sector
SO3 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO32 1BG 4 m
SO32 1JS 65 m
SO32 1BJ 72 m
SO32 1RL 85 m
SO32 1AP 105 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO3 1BG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO3
Postcode sector
SO3 1
Latitude
50.955577
Longitude
-1.222666
British National Grid easting
454,694
British National Grid northing
117,638

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Winchester · E07000094
Parish or community
E04004653
Westminster constituency
Winchester · E14001587
Output area
E00117993
Lower layer super output area
Winchester 012A · E01023220
Middle layer super output area
Winchester 012 · E02004840

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Bishop's Waltham Junior School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  2. Bishops Waltham Infant School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  3. Swanmore College

    Community school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
431
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 205
  • Anti social behaviour 44
  • Public order 39
  • Vehicle crime 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 27

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • BISHOPS WALTHAM SURGERY

    LOWER LANE, BISHOPS WALTHAM, SOUTHAMPTON, SO32 1GR

    ODS code J82064

    741 m

Nearby transport

  • Claylands Road

    BCT · Bishops Waltham

    0.0 miles
  • The Avenue

    BCT · Bishops Waltham

    0.0 miles
  • Priory Court

    BCT · Bishops Waltham

    0.1 miles
  • Pondside Lane

    BCT · Bishops Waltham

    0.2 miles
  • Churchill Avenue

    BCT · Bishops Waltham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Winchester 012A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,652 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bishop's Waltham Junior School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

431 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 205 events.

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