SO5 0NS

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 0NS	103 m
SO51 0NQ	294 m
SO51 0NR	305 m
SO51 0NP	392 m
SO51 0NT	584 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SO5 0NS
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 December 1985
Postcode area: SO
Postcode district: SO5
Postcode sector: SO5 0
Latitude: 51.037716
Longitude: -1.507886
British National Grid easting: 434,600
British National Grid northing: 126,600

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

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: 7
Primary: 6
Secondary: 1

Braishfield Primary School

Community school
3.5 km
Awbridge Primary School

Academy converter
3.6 km
Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School

Voluntary aided school
4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 27
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 9
Other crime 8
Other theft 4
Vehicle crime 2
Criminal damage and arson 2

Nearby transport

Mottisfont Lane

BCT · Stonymarsh
0.7 miles
Mottisfont Lane

BCT · Stonymarsh
0.8 miles
The Malthouse Inn

BCT · Michelmersh
0.8 miles
Jubilee Hall

BCT · Timsbury
0.8 miles
Bear and Ragged Staff

BCT · Kimbridge
0.8 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Braishfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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