PO40 9BY Guide - Crime Rate, Schools & Area Review

PO40 9BY is a postcode in Freshwater South, Isle of Wight, South East, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near PO40 9BY, then scores the surrounding small area 34/100 - bottom 11% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around PO40 9BY are property market signals and safety, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for PO40 9BY is based on Isle of Wight 012 Census 2021. It covers 9,700 residents, 353 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 59, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 72% owner-occupied, 17% privately rented, 11% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 2/10.

For property prices near PO40 9BY, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the PO40 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £243k from 66 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near PO40 9BY by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

Local change around PO40 9BY is tracked through nearby planning permissions, HMO licensing and roadworks. This report currently shows 3 street-disruption records in the Planning tab, with dates, distance and source links. Large council source datasets may contain more records than the displayed list.