BH25
Postcode districtPostcode district covering New Milton, Old Milton and Ashley, in New Forest.
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 BH25 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH25, 74.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH25 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH25 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH25 at a rate of 60.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 134 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH25.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (644), other crime (271) and shoplifting (160).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH25 was 61.0 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 BH25, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH25 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH25
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Forest 018A | 1,458 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.6% |
| New Forest 018B | 1,180 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.1% |
| New Forest 018C | 1,416 | 14.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.1% |
| New Forest 020A | 1,949 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.4% |
| New Forest 020B | 1,472 | 167.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.6% |
| New Forest 020C | 1,394 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.0% |
| New Forest 020D | 1,329 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 60.9% |
| New Forest 021A | 1,443 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.6% |
| New Forest 021B | 1,453 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 71.0% |
| New Forest 021C | 1,802 | 101.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 62.9% |
| New Forest 021D | 1,505 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 68.8% |
| New Forest 021E | 1,741 | 150.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 34.0% |
| New Forest 022A | 1,883 | 15.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| New Forest 022B | 1,902 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.3% |
| New Forest 022C | 1,606 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 67.7% |
| New Forest 022D | 2,016 | 13.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 63.0% |
MPs for BH25
- Sir Desmond SwayneConservativeMP for New Forest West99% of BH25’s postcodes
- Sir Julian LewisConservativeMP for New Forest East1.1% of BH25’s postcodes
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 BH254
Postcode sectors in BH254
Council1
Towns in BH252
Postcode districts next to BH253
Nearest rail stations3
More in the BH postcode area2
BH25 in brief
BH25 is a postcode district covering New Milton, Old Milton and Ashley, in New Forest.
About 25,393 people lived in BH25 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £388,000 in 2025 across 447 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH25 was £388,000 in 2025.
BH25 had 25,548 usual residents at the census.
In BH25, 74.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH25, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.