SO45
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hythe, Buttsash and Dibden Purlieu, 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 SO45 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SO45, 82.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SO45 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO45 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO45 at a rate of 60.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across SO.
In August 2026 alone, 201 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO45.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (905), other crime (356) and anti-social behaviour (271).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO45 was 58.2 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 SO45, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO45 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO45
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Forest 008A | 1,088 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 45.0% |
| New Forest 008B | 1,383 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.3% |
| New Forest 009A | 1,574 | 115.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.2% |
| New Forest 009B | 1,444 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| New Forest 009C | 1,395 | 20.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.9% |
| New Forest 009D | 1,412 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| New Forest 009E | 1,448 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.8% |
| New Forest 011A | 1,719 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.0% |
| New Forest 011B | 1,818 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| New Forest 011C | 1,465 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 69.9% |
| New Forest 011D | 1,371 | 126.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| New Forest 011E | 2,065 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| New Forest 011F | 1,997 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.7% |
| New Forest 013A | 1,682 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.1% |
| New Forest 013B | 1,264 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.5% |
| New Forest 013C | 1,317 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.0% |
| New Forest 013D | 1,293 | 80.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.4% |
| New Forest 014A | 1,408 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 66.2% |
| New Forest 014B | 1,656 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.6% |
| New Forest 014C | 1,420 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 54.8% |
| New Forest 014D | 1,354 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 56.7% |
| New Forest 014E | 1,421 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 59.6% |
| New Forest 014F | 1,194 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.2% |
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 SO454
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SO45 in brief
SO45 is a postcode district covering Hythe, Buttsash and Dibden Purlieu, in New Forest.
About 34,428 people lived in SO45 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 490 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO45 was £330,000 in 2025.
SO45 had 34,362 usual residents at the census.
In SO45, 82.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SO45, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.