SO24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering New Alresford and Woodlands, in Winchester and East Hampshire.
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 SO24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SO24, 56.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SO24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO24 at a rate of 29.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across SO.
In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (139), other crime (56) and anti-social behaviour (48).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO24 was 30.2 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 SO24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO24 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 SO24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hampshire 007F | 2,311 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 43.0% |
| Winchester 004A | 2,223 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.7% |
| Winchester 004B | 1,521 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 35.7% |
| Winchester 004C | 1,436 | 17.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 60.3% |
| Winchester 004D | 1,557 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 45.0% |
| Winchester 004E | 1,739 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 66.6% |
MPs for SO24
- Dr Danny ChambersLiberal DemocratMP for Winchester80% of SO24’s postcodes
- Damian HindsConservativeMP for East Hampshire20% of SO24’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 SO241
Postcode sectors in SO243
Councils SO24 covers2
Postcode districts next to SO246
More in the SO postcode area2
SO24 in brief
SO24 is a postcode district covering New Alresford and Woodlands, in Winchester and East Hampshire.
About 11,472 people lived in SO24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £573,750 in 2025 across 136 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 29.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO24 was £573,750 in 2025.
SO24 had 11,349 usual residents at the census.
In SO24, 56.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SO24, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.