PO16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Fareham, Portchester and Downend, in Fareham.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PO16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 99% of people in PO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PO16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PO16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PO16 at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.9 per 1,000 people across the PO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 237 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PO16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (912), other crime (428) and anti-social behaviour (390).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PO16 was 76.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in PO16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PO16 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PO16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fareham 004A | 1,492 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.3% |
| Fareham 004B | 1,292 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Fareham 004C | 1,428 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Fareham 008A | 1,551 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| Fareham 008B | 1,616 | 131.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Fareham 008C | 1,509 | 486.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.8% |
| Fareham 008D | 1,377 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Fareham 008E | 1,542 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Fareham 008F | 1,233 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Fareham 008G | 1,282 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Fareham 010A | 1,564 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Fareham 010B | 1,512 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Fareham 010C | 1,753 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Fareham 010D | 1,345 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Fareham 010E | 1,936 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| Fareham 011A | 1,643 | 112.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.6% |
| Fareham 012A | 1,529 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Fareham 012B | 1,422 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Fareham 012C | 1,455 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Fareham 012D | 1,520 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Fareham 012E | 1,281 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Suella BravermanReform UKMP for Fareham and Waterlooville
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PO164
Postcode sectors in PO164
Council1
Towns in PO162
Postcode districts next to PO166
Nearest rail stations4
More in the PO postcode area2
PO16 in brief
PO16 is a postcode district covering Fareham, Portchester and Downend, in Fareham.
About 32,041 people lived in PO16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 581 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PO16 was £330,000 in 2025.
PO16 had 31,706 usual residents at the census.
About 99% of people in PO16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PO16, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.