SO3 9NW

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO31 9NW 0 m
SO31 9NU 53 m
SO31 6UN 75 m
SO31 9NX 98 m
SO31 6ND 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO3 9NW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO3
Postcode sector
SO3 9
Latitude
50.855429
Longitude
-1.270664
British National Grid easting
451,433
British National Grid northing
106,467

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
E00115643
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
29
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School

    Community school

    224 m
  2. Locks Heath Junior School

    Community school

    252 m
  3. St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    755 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
886
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 425
  • Anti social behaviour 92
  • Public order 72
  • Vehicle crime 59
  • Shoplifting 55

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • LOCKSWOOD SURGERY

    CENTRE WAY, LOCKS HEATH, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 6DX

    ODS code J82174

    955 m

  • BROOK LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82216

    1.7 km

  • PHL SAS SERVICE

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

    ODS code Y02526

    1.9 km

  • MEON HEALTH PRACTICE

    102 HIGHLANDS ROAD, FAREHAM, PO15 6JF

    ODS code J82154

    4.3 km

  • HAMBLE VALLEY HEALTH

    SATCHELL LANE, HAMBLE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 4NQ

    ODS code J82051

    4.4 km

  • GUDGEHEATH LANE SURGERY

    187 GUDGE HEATH LANE, FAREHAM, PO15 6QA

    ODS code J82033

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Locks Heath Schools

    BCT · Warsash

    0.1 miles
  • Locks Heath Schools

    BCT · Warsash

    0.1 miles
  • Lawn Drive

    BCT · Warsash

    0.2 miles
  • Lawn Drive

    BCT · Warsash

    0.2 miles
  • James Grieve Avenue

    BCT · Locks Heath

    0.2 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School is the nearest published school at 224 m.

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

Recorded crime

886 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 425 events.

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