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SO5 8BH

Romsey Tadburn · Test Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Romsey Tadburn
Local authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North
Postcode district
SO5
Postcode sector
SO5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO51 5FZ 67 m
SO51 5EH 69 m
SO51 5AY 74 m
SO51 5BH 102 m
SO51 5GX 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO5 8BH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1985
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO5
Postcode sector
SO5 8
Latitude
50.989036
Longitude
-1.479907
British National Grid easting
436,600
British National Grid northing
121,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Test Valley · E07000093
Electoral ward
Romsey Tadburn · E05012102
Parish or community
E04013318
Westminster constituency
Romsey and Southampton North · E14001449
Output area
E00117921
Lower layer super output area
Test Valley 011D · E01023206
Middle layer super output area
Test Valley 011 · E02004824

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2

  1. Romsey Primary School & Nursery

    Community school

    666 m

  2. Halterworth Primary School

    Academy converter

    724 m

  3. The Mountbatten School

    Academy converter

    996 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
872
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 350
  • Shoplifting 131
  • Public order 72
  • Anti social behaviour 70
  • Other theft 45

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • ALMA ROAD SURGERY

    ALMA ROAD, ROMSEY, SO51 8ED

    ODS code J82074

    991 m

  • ABBEYWELL SURGERY

    THE ABBEY, ROMSEY, SO51 8EN

    ODS code J82145

    1.5 km

  • NORTH BADDESLEY SURGERY

    NORTON WELCH CLOSE, FLEMING AVENUE, NORTH BADDESLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO52 9EP

    ODS code J82121

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Tadburn Road

    BCT · Romsey

    0.1 miles

  • Grays Close

    BCT · Romsey

    0.1 miles

  • Tadburn Road

    BCT · Romsey

    0.2 miles

  • Saxon Way

    BCT · Halterworth

    0.2 miles

  • Saxon Way

    BCT · Halterworth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 011D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

20,052 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Romsey Primary School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 666 m.

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

Recorded crime

872 published events cover 12 months, averaging 72.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 350 events.

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