SO5 7EA

Fair Oak & Horton Heath · Eastleigh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Eastleigh
Constituency
Eastleigh
Postcode district
SO5
Postcode sector
SO5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO50 7EA 0 m
SO50 7QT 212 m
SO50 7QR 230 m
SO50 7QS 274 m
SO50 7QL 310 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO5 7EA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO5
Postcode sector
SO5 7
Latitude
50.967740
Longitude
-1.278233
British National Grid easting
450,778
British National Grid northing
118,951

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Eastleigh · E07000086
Parish or community
E04012906
Westminster constituency
Eastleigh · E14001220
Output area
E00115312
Lower layer super output area
Eastleigh 008B · E01022682
Middle layer super output area
Eastleigh 008 · E02004719

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Fair Oak Infant School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  2. Wyvern College

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. Fair Oak Junior School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
188
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 89
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Other theft 16
  • Public order 15
  • Criminal damage and arson 13

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • STOKEWOOD SURGERY

    FAIR OAK ROAD, FAIR OAK, EASTLEIGH, SO50 8AU

    ODS code J82018

    2.3 km

  • BISHOPS WALTHAM SURGERY

    LOWER LANE, BISHOPS WALTHAM, SOUTHAMPTON, SO32 1GR

    ODS code J82064

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Bradshaw Close

    BCT · Fair Oak

    0.4 miles
  • Bradshaw Close

    BCT · Fair Oak

    0.4 miles
  • Stroudwood Lane

    BCT · Lower Upham

    0.4 miles
  • Stroudwood Lane

    BCT · Lower Upham

    0.4 miles
  • Hall Lands Lane

    BCT · Fair Oak

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Eastleigh 008B, 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

29,485 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Fair Oak Infant School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

188 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 89 events.

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