PO8 postcode area guide — East Hampshire
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PO8 postcode district in East Hampshire — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PO8
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
80.1%
Gigabit-capable
80.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.4%
Broadband availability in the PO8 postcode district (East Hampshire) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 861 postcodes Ofcom measures in PO8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 80.1%.
Around 0.4% of premises in PO8 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in PO8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PO8 0AA | 97.1% | 0% |
| PO8 0AB | 94.1% | 0% |
| PO8 0AD | 100% | 0% |
| PO8 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| PO8 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| PO8 0AG | 25% | 0% |
| PO8 0AH | 55.6% | 0% |
| PO8 0AJ | 75% | 0% |
| PO8 0AL | 0% | 0% |
| PO8 0AN | 62.5% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around East Hampshire
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider East Hampshire district (60,496 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
84.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.7%
5G outdoors — all networks
18.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
86.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in PO8
Police recorded 36 incidents within about a mile of the centre of PO8 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 11 | 30.6% |
| Public order | 9 | 25.0% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 8 | 22.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 | 13.9% |
| Other theft | 2 | 5.6% |
| Burglary | 1 | 2.8% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in PO8
Based on 426 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in PO8 is £365,000, up 1.4% on the previous year (£360,000).
Detached
£465,000
180 sales
Semi-detached
£350,000
125 sales
Terraced
£285,000
70 sales
Flat / maisonette
£167,500
42 sales
Latest recorded sales in PO8
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £550,000 | Detached | Lovedean Lane | PO8 9RN |
| 22 May 2026 | £390,000 | Semi-detached | Hudson Gardens | PO8 9FA |
| 20 May 2026 | £470,000 | Detached | Duncton Road | PO8 0YR |
| 20 May 2026 | £625,000 | Detached | Swift Close | PO8 9DS |
| 11 May 2026 | £500,000 | Detached | Westbrooke Close | PO8 9RE |
| 8 May 2026 | £500,000 | Detached | Viking Way | PO8 0HP |
| 8 May 2026 | £358,500 | Detached | Delft Gardens | PO8 8SP |
| 8 May 2026 | £1,495,000 | Other | Old Mill Lane | PO8 0SE |
| 8 May 2026 | £632,500 | Detached | Lovedean Lane | PO8 8HR |
| 7 May 2026 | £275,000 | Detached | London Road | PO8 0BW |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? East Hampshire demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider East Hampshire district (125,742 residents, 52,719 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.4% |
| 15–29 | 18.8% |
| 30–44 | 18.2% |
| 45–64 | 22.4% |
| 65+ | 23.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 73% |
| Private rented | 13.1% |
| Social rented | 10.8% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around PO8
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horndean Technology College | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,288 | PO8 9PQ |
| The Cowplain School | Secondary | 11–16 | 993 | PO8 8RY |
| Horndean Church of England Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 453 | PO8 9NW |
| Padnell Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 360 | PO8 8EA |
| Clanfield Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 291 | PO8 0RE |
| Padnell Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 266 | PO8 8DS |
| Horndean Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 266 | PO8 9LS |
| Woodcroft Primary | Primary | 4–11 | 203 | PO8 9QD |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in PO8
129 rated food businesses operate in PO8. 103 hold the top rating of 5, 10 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Acacia House Nursing Home, Blendworth Furnishings Ltd, Budgens, Butser Education CIC, Catherington Nursery.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in PO8
From a sample of 114 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 PO8 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 44% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
10%
Band C
34%
Band D
40%
Band E
10%
Band F
5%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for East Hampshire
Landlines around PO8 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.