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SO3 6AY

Locks Heath · Fareham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Locks Heath
Local authority
Fareham
Constituency
Hamble Valley
Postcode district
SO3
Postcode sector
SO3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO31 6AY 0 m
SO31 6WZ 67 m
SO31 9AY 92 m
SO31 6XA 115 m
SO31 9EZ 121 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO3 6AY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO3
Postcode sector
SO3 6
Latitude
50.855675
Longitude
-1.282750
British National Grid easting
450,582
British National Grid northing
106,486

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Fareham · E07000087
Electoral ward
Locks Heath · E05015670
Parish or community
E43000070
Westminster constituency
Hamble Valley · E14001263
Output area
E00115653
Lower layer super output area
Fareham 005D · E01022757
Middle layer super output area
Fareham 005 · E02004731

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
17
Secondary
3

  1. Locks Heath Junior School

    Community school

    618 m

  2. Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School

    Community school

    711 m

  3. Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
726
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 345
  • Anti social behaviour 74
  • Vehicle crime 61
  • Public order 59
  • Criminal damage and arson 50

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • LOCKSWOOD SURGERY

    CENTRE WAY, LOCKS HEATH, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 6DX

    ODS code J82174

    1.0 km

  • BROOK LANE SURGERY

    233A BROOK LANE, SARISBURY GREEN, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 7DQ

    ODS code J82216

    1.8 km

  • PHL SAS SERVICE

    ONYX HOUSE, 12 LITTLE PARK FARM ROAD, FAREHAM, PO15 5TD

    ODS code Y02526

    2.5 km

  • HAMBLE VALLEY HEALTH

    SATCHELL LANE, HAMBLE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 4NQ

    ODS code J82051

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Horseshoe Lodge

    BCT · Warsash

    0.0 miles

  • Horseshoe Lodge

    BCT · Warsash

    0.0 miles

  • Saxon Close

    BCT · Warsash

    0.2 miles

  • Fleet End Corner

    BCT · Warsash

    0.2 miles

  • Fleet End Corner

    BCT · Warsash

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Fareham 005D, 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

29,931 of 33,755

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

26 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. Locks Heath Junior School is the nearest published school at 618 m.

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

Recorded crime

726 published events cover 12 months, averaging 60.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 345 events.

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