SO40
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Totton, Hammond's Green and Marchwood, 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 SO40 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SO40, 80.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SO40 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO40 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO40 at a rate of 66.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across SO.
In August 2026 alone, 248 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO40.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,145), other crime (574) and anti-social behaviour (292).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO40 was 77.9 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 SO40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO40 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO40
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Forest 002A | 1,416 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| New Forest 002B | 1,401 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| New Forest 002C | 1,476 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.4% |
| New Forest 002D | 1,582 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.2% |
| New Forest 003A | 1,262 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| New Forest 003B | 1,442 | 96.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.2% |
| New Forest 003C | 2,026 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| New Forest 003D | 1,476 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| New Forest 003E | 1,802 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| New Forest 004A | 1,347 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.2% |
| New Forest 004B | 1,735 | 231.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 62.8% |
| New Forest 004C | 1,442 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% |
| New Forest 004D | 1,745 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.9% |
| New Forest 004E | 1,465 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.2% |
| New Forest 005A | 1,256 | 17.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| New Forest 005B | 1,353 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| New Forest 005C | 1,478 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| New Forest 005D | 1,542 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| New Forest 005E | 1,406 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.4% |
| New Forest 006A | 1,460 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 49.8% |
| New Forest 006B | 1,584 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 8.5% |
| New Forest 006C | 1,126 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 43.1% |
| New Forest 006D | 1,475 | 110.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 34.3% |
| New Forest 007A | 1,156 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 3.3% |
| New Forest 008C | 1,255 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.4% |
| New Forest 008D | 1,306 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.4% |
| New Forest 008E | 1,466 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.7% |
| New Forest 008F | 1,749 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.4% |
Your MP
- Sir Julian LewisConservativeMP for New Forest East
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 SO406
Postcode sectors in SO407
Council1
Towns in SO401
Postcode districts next to SO405
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SO postcode area2
SO40 in brief
SO40 is a postcode district covering Totton, Hammond's Green and Marchwood, in New Forest.
About 42,074 people lived in SO40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 626 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO40 was £330,000 in 2025.
SO40 had 41,680 usual residents at the census.
In SO40, 80.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SO40, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.