# SO40

Postcode district covering Totton, Hammond's Green and Marchwood, in New Forest.

SO40 is a postcode district covering Totton, Hammond's Green and Marchwood, in New Forest. Median sale price £330,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SO40. 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 SO40 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £330,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SO40 was £330,000 in 2025. Joint 898th 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/so40#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 41,680** (2021). SO40 had 41,680 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 397th most 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/so40#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in SO40 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/so40#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 80.0%** (January 2026). In SO40, 80.0% 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/so40#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SO40) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in SO40 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=SO40) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 626 homes were sold in SO40 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SO40) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SO40.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SO40) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SO40 had 41,680 usual residents at the census.

## How SO40 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SO40 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £330,000 | joint 8th cheapest | 23 postcode districts, SO · 2025 |
| Population | 41,680 | 6th most populated | 24 postcode districts, SO · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 24 postcode districts, SO · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 80.0% | 10th lowest | 24 postcode districts, SO · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the SO postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in SO40

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [New Forest 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023076) | 1,416 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| [New Forest 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023082) | 1,401 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| [New Forest 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023083) | 1,476 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.4% |
| [New Forest 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023088) | 1,582 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.2% |
| [New Forest 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023073) | 1,262 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [New Forest 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023080) | 1,442 | 96.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.2% |
| [New Forest 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023081) | 2,026 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| [New Forest 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023089) | 1,476 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| [New Forest 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023090) | 1,802 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| [New Forest 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023074) | 1,347 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.2% |
| [New Forest 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023077) | 1,735 | 231.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 62.8% |
| [New Forest 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023078) | 1,442 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% |
| [New Forest 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023079) | 1,745 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.9% |
| [New Forest 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023085) | 1,465 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.2% |
| [New Forest 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023072) | 1,256 | 17.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [New Forest 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023075) | 1,353 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| [New Forest 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023084) | 1,478 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [New Forest 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023086) | 1,542 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| [New Forest 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023087) | 1,406 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.4% |
| [New Forest 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01022977) | 1,460 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 49.8% |
| [New Forest 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01022978) | 1,584 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 8.5% |
| [New Forest 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01022979) | 1,126 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 43.1% |
| [New Forest 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01022980) | 1,475 | 110.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 34.3% |
| [New Forest 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01022992) | 1,156 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 3.3% |
| [New Forest 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023047) | 1,255 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.4% |
| [New Forest 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023048) | 1,306 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.4% |
| [New Forest 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023049) | 1,466 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.7% |
| [New Forest 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023050) | 1,749 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.4% |

## Your MP

- [New Forest East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/new-forest-east): Sir Julian Lewis (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in SO40

[Ashurst & Cadnam](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/ashurst-and-cadnam), [Marchwood & Dibden](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/marchwood-and-dibden), [Totton Calmore](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/totton-calmore), [Totton Rushington](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/totton-rushington), [Totton Town](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/totton-town), [West Totton](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/west-totton)

## Postcode sectors in SO40

[SO40 0 (58 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40-0), [SO40 2 (182 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40-2), [SO40 3 (222 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40-3), [SO40 4 (143 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40-4), [SO40 7 (129 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40-7), [SO40 8 (179 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40-8), [SO40 9 (168 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40-9)

## Council

[New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest)

## Towns in SO40

[Totton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/totton)

## Postcode districts next to SO40

[SO16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so16), [SO42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so42), [SO43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so43), [SO45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so45), [SO51](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so51)

## Nearest rail stations

[Ashurst New Forest (2.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5266,50.8899), [Beaulieu Road (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5048,50.8550), [Totton (5.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4824,50.9179), [Redbridge (5.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4702,50.9199)

## 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)

## 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.
About 0% of people in SO40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO40, 80.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SO40
- Postcode area: [SO](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so)
- Constituency: [New Forest East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/new-forest-east)
- Council: [New Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest)
- Area: 130 km²
- People, mid-2024: 42,074*
- Neighbourhoods: 28
- Output areas: 132

* 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

[SO45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so45), [SO42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so42), [SO43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so43), [SO51](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so51), [SO16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so16)

## Latest updates for SO40

- 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/SO40

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so40