SO3 6LW

Locks Heath · Fareham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Fareham
Constituency
Hamble Valley
Postcode district
SO3
Postcode sector
SO3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO31 6LW 18 m
SO31 6FB 63 m
SO31 6LU 80 m
SO31 6BL 126 m
SO31 6RU 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO3 6LW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO3
Postcode sector
SO3 6
Latitude
50.861283
Longitude
-1.262188
British National Grid easting
452,023
British National Grid northing
107,124

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Fareham · E07000087
Parish or community
E43000070
Westminster constituency
Hamble Valley · E14001263
Output area
E00115641
Lower layer super output area
Fareham 005C · E01022752
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
33
Primary
22
Secondary
4
  1. St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    498 m
  2. St Anthony's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    892 m
  3. Park Gate Primary School

    Community school

    957 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,194
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 532
  • Anti social behaviour 127
  • Shoplifting 114
  • Public order 89
  • Other theft 77

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • LOCKSWOOD SURGERY

    CENTRE WAY, LOCKS HEATH, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 6DX

    ODS code J82174

    935 m

  • PHL SAS SERVICE

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

    ODS code Y02526

    1.1 km

  • BROOK LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82216

    1.4 km

  • MEON HEALTH PRACTICE

    102 HIGHLANDS ROAD, FAREHAM, PO15 6JF

    ODS code J82154

    3.7 km

  • GUDGEHEATH LANE SURGERY

    187 GUDGE HEATH LANE, FAREHAM, PO15 6QA

    ODS code J82033

    4.0 km

  • HAMBLE VALLEY HEALTH

    SATCHELL LANE, HAMBLE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 4NQ

    ODS code J82051

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • St John's Mews

    BCT · Locks Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Dimmicks Corner

    BCT · Locks Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Dimmicks Corner

    BCT · Locks Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Dimmicks Corner

    BCT · Locks Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Lodge Road

    BCT · Locks Heath

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Fareham 005C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,654 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
9 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

33 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 498 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,194 published events cover 12 months, averaging 99.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 532 events.

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