SO18 6LY
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Property report — SO18 6LY
Open-data due diligence for SO18 6LY and the area around it.
SO18 6LY in brief: 33 recorded sales (£49,000–£350,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for SO18 6LY itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the SO18 6 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£258,892
Population
9,881
Crimes recorded
60
Schools
14
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
98%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in SO18 6, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (17 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-20 | £280,000 | 53 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2022-09-30 | £350,000 | 51A COMMERCIAL STREET | Detached |
| 2021-06-30 | £222,000 | 61 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2018-10-19 | £240,000 | 31 COMMERCIAL STREET | Other |
| 2018-08-31 | £215,000 | 61 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2018-08-01 | £180,000 | 69 COMMERCIAL STREET | Terraced |
| 2016-09-30 | £214,000 | 33 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2016-07-28 | £239,000 | 71 COMMERCIAL STREET | Terraced |
| 2016-07-11 | £215,000 | 51 COMMERCIAL STREET | Terraced |
| 2014-12-22 | £229,950 | 41 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2014-10-31 | £149,950 | 67 COMMERCIAL STREET | Terraced |
| 2014-04-16 | £133,000 | 49 COMMERCIAL STREET | Terraced |
| 2013-08-09 | £120,000 | 51A COMMERCIAL STREET | Detached |
| 2012-06-14 | £155,000 | 37 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2011-09-01 | £167,500 | 61 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2009-07-23 | £128,000 | 61 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2007-10-12 | £174,000 | 37 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2007-03-30 | £149,000 | 63 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2005-12-14 | £173,000 | 71 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2003-10-21 | £140,000 | 33 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2003-03-03 | £118,600 | 49 COMMERCIAL STREET | Terraced |
| 2002-11-15 | £164,950 | 71 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2002-09-04 | £117,000 | 37 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2001-05-03 | £91,500 | 63 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 2000-08-31 | £115,000 | 71 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 1999-08-03 | £89,000 | 71 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 1999-07-29 | £53,250 | 53 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 1999-03-26 | £59,000 | 63 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 1998-12-11 | £65,500 | 37 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 1997-09-08 | £54,500 | 49 COMMERCIAL STREET | Terraced |
| 1997-08-29 | £58,000 | 45 COMMERCIAL STREET | Terraced |
| 1997-06-30 | £58,500 | 33 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
| 1996-10-28 | £49,000 | 71 COMMERCIAL STREET | Semi-detached |
33 recorded sales on SO18 6LY. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harefield Primary School | 0.4 mi | Primary | Requires improvement (2024) |
| Glenfield Infant School | 0.4 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Bitterne Church of England Primary School | 0.4 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Beechwood Junior School | 0.6 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Moorlands Primary School | 0.6 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Thornhill Primary School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Requires improvement (2023) |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: WEST END ROAD SURGERY (0.2 mi) · CHARTWELL GREEN SURGERY (1.1 mi) · THE PEARTREE PRACTICE (1.3 mi)
Nearest hospitals: MOORGREEN HOSPITAL (1.6 mi) · MOORGREEN HOSPITAL (PERIPHERAL CLINIC) (1.6 mi) · THE ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL (1.9 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: CHURCH OF THE HOLY SAVIOUR (Grade II) (0.3 mi) · 602, BITTERNE ROAD (Grade II) (0.3 mi) · ST MARY'S COLLEGE (Grade II) (0.6 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: DEAN ROAD PHARMACY (0.1 mi) · PHARMACY DIRECT (0.1 mi) · BITTERNE PHARMACY (0.2 mi)
Nearest stations: Bitterne (1.0 mi) · Sholing (1.4 mi) · St Denys (1.5 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Delikatesy Smaczek (0.2 mi) · Sainsbury's (0.3 mi) · Food Stop, Southampton Delicatessen (0.9 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 42
- One-person households
- 31%
- Households with children
- 29%
- Households
- 4,233
Owned 66% · Social rent 17% · Private rent 16%
Census 2021 (ONS), for SO18 6.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in SO18 6 (May 24–Apr 26, average 56/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for SO18 6LY in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictSO18 | SectorSO18 6 | PostcodeSO18 6LY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £271,154 | £258,892 | £150,552 |
| Population | 57,720 | 9,881 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 5/10 | 6/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 244 | 60 | — |
| Schools | 14 | — | — |
| Flood risk | High | Low | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 96% | 98% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 99% | 100% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (SO18 6); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 1 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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