SO5 0JT

Blackwater · Test Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Blackwater
Local authority: Test Valley
Constituency: Romsey and Southampton North
Postcode district: SO5
Postcode sector: SO5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SO51 6JT	71 m
SO51 0JU	271 m
SO51 0AS	429 m
SO51 0GL	471 m
SO51 6JW	498 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SO5 0JT
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 December 1985
Postcode area: SO
Postcode district: SO5
Postcode sector: SO5 0
Latitude: 51.015478
Longitude: -1.569421
British National Grid easting: 430,300
British National Grid northing: 124,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: Test Valley · E07000093
Electoral ward: Blackwater · E05012093
Parish or community: E04012857
Westminster constituency: Romsey and Southampton North · E14001449
Output area: E00117683
Lower layer super output area: Test Valley 013A · E01023162
Middle layer super output area: Test Valley 013 · E02004826

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore SO5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 5
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Awbridge Primary School

Academy converter
1.7 km
Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School

Voluntary aided school
2.2 km
St Edward's School

Other independent special school
3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 8
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 5
Burglary 1
Public order 1
Anti social behaviour 1

Nearby transport

Newtown Road

BCT · Doctors Hill
0.9 miles
Newtown Road

BCT · Doctors Hill
0.9 miles
Church Lane

BCT · Awbridge
1.1 miles
Awbridge School

BCT · Kents Oak
1.1 miles
Awbridge School

BCT · Kents Oak
1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 013A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,448 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 7 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 3 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Awbridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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