SO15 postcode area guide — Southampton
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SO15 postcode district in Southampton — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SO15
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
92.6%
Gigabit-capable
92%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the SO15 postcode district (Southampton) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,120 postcodes Ofcom measures in SO15, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 92%.
Around 0% of premises in SO15 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 SO15
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SO15 0AB | 0% | 0% |
| SO15 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| SO15 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| SO15 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| SO15 0AL | 0% | 0% |
| SO15 0AR | 100% | 100% |
| SO15 0AW | 100% | 100% |
| SO15 0BS | 50% | 50% |
| SO15 0BT | 0% | 0% |
| SO15 0DR | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Southampton
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Southampton district (116,126 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.5%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
99.1%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SO15
Police recorded 721 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SO15 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 218 | 30.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 78 | 10.8% |
| Public order | 77 | 10.7% |
| Shoplifting | 75 | 10.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 48 | 6.7% |
| Drugs | 46 | 6.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 45 | 6.2% |
| Burglary | 41 | 5.7% |
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 SO15
Based on 446 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SO15 is £255,000, up 2.0% on the previous year (£250,000).
Detached
£500,000
35 sales
Semi-detached
£340,000
115 sales
Terraced
£275,000
116 sales
Flat / maisonette
£154,000
163 sales
Latest recorded sales in SO15
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £280,000 | Semi-detached | Howards Grove | SO15 5PS |
| 22 May 2026 | £400,000 | Semi-detached | Claremont Crescent | SO15 4GQ |
| 20 May 2026 | £325,000 | Terraced | Charlton Road | SO15 5FL |
| 15 May 2026 | £302,000 | Terraced | Richmond Road | SO15 3FR |
| 15 May 2026 | £275,000 | Terraced | York Road | SO15 3GJ |
| 15 May 2026 | £97,000 | Flat | Hill Lane | SO15 5AZ |
| 14 May 2026 | £180,000 | Flat | Archers Road | SO15 2LQ |
| 12 May 2026 | £158,000 | Flat | Regents Park Road | SO15 8NT |
| 11 May 2026 | £245,000 | Flat | Northlands Road | SO15 2NU |
| 11 May 2026 | £178,000 | Flat | Northlands Road | SO15 2NN |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Southampton demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Southampton district (248,922 residents, 102,290 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.9% |
| 15–29 | 32.7% |
| 30–44 | 19.8% |
| 45–64 | 15.9% |
| 65+ | 13.8% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 47.7% |
| Private rented | 29.3% |
| Social rented | 7.3% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SO15
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Anne's Catholic School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,189 | SO15 2WZ |
| St Mark's Church of England School | All-through | 4–16 | 1,129 | SO15 5TE |
| Upper Shirley High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,062 | SO15 7QU |
| King Edward VI School | Not applicable | 10–19 | 989 | SO15 5UQ |
| Springhill Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 652 | SO15 2HW |
| Wordsworth Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 619 | SO15 5LH |
| Foundry Lane Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 492 | SO15 3JT |
| Freemantle Church of England Community Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 429 | SO15 3BQ |
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 SO15
375 rated food businesses operate in SO15. 248 hold the top rating of 5, 70 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 7 Bone Southampton, Abacus Event Catering, Abbey Lodge Guest House, Alcohol Express, Aldi Stores Limited.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SO15
From a sample of 207 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 SO15 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 41% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
6%
Band C
35%
Band D
47%
Band E
10%
Band F
2%
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 Southampton
Landlines around SO15 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.