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SO5 0LE

Blackwater · Test Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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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 0AE 269 m
SO51 0LB 310 m
SO51 0NX 488 m
SO51 0LE 497 m
SO51 0LA 822 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO5 0LE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1985
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO5
Postcode sector
SO5 0
Latitude
51.030593
Longitude
-1.525074
British National Grid easting
433,400
British National Grid northing
125,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Test Valley · E07000093
Electoral ward
Blackwater · E05012093
Parish or community
E04004624
Westminster constituency
Romsey and Southampton North · E14001449
Output area
E00117808
Lower layer super output area
Test Valley 009D · E01023184
Middle layer super output area
Test Valley 009 · E02004822

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. Awbridge Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

  2. Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.3 km

  3. Braishfield Primary School

    Community school

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
33
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 14
  • Other crime 5
  • Burglary 4
  • Other theft 4
  • Vehicle crime 2

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • ABBEYWELL SURGERY

    THE ABBEY, ROMSEY, SO51 8EN

    ODS code J82145

    4.9 km

  • ALMA ROAD SURGERY

    ALMA ROAD, ROMSEY, SO51 8ED

    ODS code J82074

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Bear and Ragged Staff

    BCT · Kimbridge

    0.1 miles

  • Bear and Ragged Staff

    BCT · Kimbridge

    0.1 miles

  • Mottisfont Lane

    BCT · Stonymarsh

    0.5 miles

  • Mottisfont Lane

    BCT · Stonymarsh

    0.5 miles

  • The Malthouse Inn

    BCT · Michelmersh

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 009D, 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

23,063 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Awbridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

33 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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