SO31 6AY

Locks Heath · Fareham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Southampton
Local authority
Fareham
Constituency
Hamble Valley
Postcode district
SO31
Postcode sector
SO31 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO31 6WZ 67 m
SO31 9AY 92 m
SO31 6XA 115 m
SO31 9EZ 121 m
SO31 6WY 151 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO31 6AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO31
Postcode sector
SO31 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
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

Explore SO31

56 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
15, Stonecrop Close, Locks Heath, Southampton, SO31 6AY 21 October 2024 £330,000
10, Stonecrop Close, Locks Heath, Southampton, SO31 6AY 9 September 2022 £343,500
7, Stonecrop Close, Locks Heath, Southampton, SO31 6AY 19 August 2022 £190,000

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

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

24 female, 27 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
2.4
SO31 6 residents
11,598

Age bands in SO31 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,786 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

1,105 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

2,532 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

3,353 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

2,786 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO31 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • 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

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £330,000 from 3 recorded sales in SO31 6AY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Fareham is £328,364 in June 2026, up 0.8% year on year.

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.