# SO24 Postcode district covering New Alresford and Woodlands, in Winchester and East Hampshire. SO24 is a postcode district covering New Alresford and Woodlands, in Winchester and East Hampshire. Median sale price £573,750 in 2025. Postcode district. Code SO24. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so) 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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £573,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SO24 was £573,750 in 2025. 174th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 11,349** (2021). SO24 had 11,349 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 798th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 96%** (2022). About 96% of people in SO24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 56.1%** (January 2026). In SO24, 56.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SO24) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 96% of people in SO24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SO24) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 136 homes were sold in SO24 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SO24) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SO24. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SO24) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SO24 had 11,349 usual residents at the census. ## How SO24 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | SO24 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £573,750 | 4th most expensive | 23 postcode districts, SO · 2025 | | Population | 11,349 | 6th least populated | 24 postcode districts, SO · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 96% | 2nd most people in radon Affected Areas | 24 postcode districts, SO · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 56.1% | 2nd lowest | 24 postcode districts, SO · Jan 2026 | ## 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 the SO postcode area. 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 Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in SO24 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [East Hampshire 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire/neighbourhood/e01022627) | 2,311 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 43.0% | | [Winchester 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester/neighbourhood/e01023225) | 2,223 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.7% | | [Winchester 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester/neighbourhood/e01023278) | 1,521 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 35.7% | | [Winchester 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester/neighbourhood/e01023279) | 1,436 | 17.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 60.3% | | [Winchester 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester/neighbourhood/e01023280) | 1,557 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 45.0% | | [Winchester 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester/neighbourhood/e01023281) | 1,739 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 66.6% | ## Your MP - [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/winchester): Dr Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 80% of the people here. - [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-hampshire): Damian Hinds (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 20% of the people here. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Middle areas in SO24 [New Alresford](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester/new-alresford) ## Postcode sectors in SO24 [SO24 0 (188 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24-0), [SO24 4 (6 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24-4), [SO24 9 (256 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24-9) ## Councils SO24 covers [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester), [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) ## Postcode districts next to SO24 [GU32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu32), [GU34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu34), [RG23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg23), [RG25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg25), [SO21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so21), [SO32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so32) ## More in the SO postcode area [All SO postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) ## 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. About 96% of people in SO24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In SO24, 56.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: SO24 - Postcode area: [SO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so) - Constituency: [Winchester †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/winchester) - Council: [Winchester †](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) - Area: 178 km² - People, mid-2024: 11,472* - Neighbourhoods: 6 - Output areas: 38 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [SO21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so21), [GU34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu34), [RG25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg25), [SO32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so32), [GU32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu32), [RG23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg23) ## Latest updates for SO24 - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SO24 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so24