SP6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Fordingbridge and Alderholt, in New Forest and Dorset.
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 SP6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SP6, 75.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SP6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SP6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SP6 at a rate of 50.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 65.2 per 1,000 people across SP.
In August 2026 alone, 70 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SP6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (215), anti-social behaviour (139) and other crime (139).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SP6 was 50.3 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 SP6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SP6 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 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 SP6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset 007A | 1,328 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.7% |
| Dorset 007B | 1,541 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.0% |
| New Forest 001A | 1,499 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| New Forest 001B | 1,337 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 60.2% |
| New Forest 001C | 1,545 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 69.7% |
| New Forest 001D | 1,827 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.9% |
| New Forest 001E | 1,681 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.3% |
| New Forest 001F | 1,729 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.2% |
| New Forest 001G | 1,305 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 26.3% |
MPs for SP6
- Sir Desmond SwayneConservativeMP for New Forest West86% of SP6’s postcodes
- Simon HoareConservativeMP for North Dorset14% of SP6’s postcodes
- John GlenConservativeMP for Salisbury0.2% of SP6’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 SP62
Postcode sectors in SP64
Councils SP6 covers2
Postcode districts next to SP65
More in the SP postcode area2
SP6 in brief
SP6 is a postcode district covering Fordingbridge and Alderholt, in New Forest and Dorset.
About 14,268 people lived in SP6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £391,500 in 2025 across 241 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SP6 was £391,500 in 2025.
SP6 had 14,113 usual residents at the census.
In SP6, 75.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SP6, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.