# SP6

Postcode district covering Fordingbridge and Alderholt, in New Forest and Dorset.

SP6 is a postcode district covering Fordingbridge and Alderholt, in New Forest and Dorset. Median sale price £391,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SP6. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £391,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SP6 was £391,500 in 2025. Joint 625th 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/sp6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 14,113** (2021). SP6 had 14,113 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 954th 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/sp6#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 43%** (2022). About 43% of people in SP6 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/sp6#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 75.5%** (January 2026). In SP6, 75.5% 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/sp6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SP6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 43% of people in SP6 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=SP6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 241 homes were sold in SP6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SP6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SP6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SP6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SP6 had 14,113 usual residents at the census.

## How SP6 compares

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

| Measure | SP6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £391,500 | 3rd most expensive | 11 postcode districts, SP · 2025 |
| Population | 14,113 | 3rd least populated | 11 postcode districts, SP · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 43% | 6th most people in radon Affected Areas | 11 postcode districts, SP · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 75.5% | 4th lowest | 11 postcode districts, SP · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the SP postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in SP6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dorset 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020373) | 1,328 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.7% |
| [Dorset 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020374) | 1,541 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.0% |
| [New Forest 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023011) | 1,499 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| [New Forest 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023012) | 1,337 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 60.2% |
| [New Forest 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023021) | 1,545 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 69.7% |
| [New Forest 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023022) | 1,827 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.9% |
| [New Forest 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023023) | 1,681 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.3% |
| [New Forest 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023024) | 1,729 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.2% |
| [New Forest 001G](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023025) | 1,305 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 26.3% |

## Your MP

- [New Forest West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/new-forest-west): Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 86% of the people here.
- [North Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-dorset): Simon Hoare (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 14% of the people here.
- [Salisbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/salisbury): John Glen (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.2% 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 SP6

[Alderholt & Sixpenny Handley](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/alderholt-and-sixpenny-handley), [Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/fordingbridge-rockbourne-and-woodgreen)

## Postcode sectors in SP6

[SP6 1 (233 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp6-1), [SP6 2 (177 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp6-2), [SP6 3 (195 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp6-3), [SP6 9 (1 postcode)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp6-9)

## Councils SP6 covers

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

## Postcode districts next to SP6

[BH21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh21), [BH24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh24), [BH31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh31), [SO43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so43), [SP5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp5)

## More in the SP postcode area

[All SP postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 43% of people in SP6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SP6, 75.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SP6
- Postcode area: [SP](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp)
- Constituency: [New Forest West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/new-forest-west)
- Council: [New Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest)
- Area: 154 km²
- People, mid-2024: 14,268*
- Neighbourhoods: 9
- Output areas: 48

* 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

[SP5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp5), [BH24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh24), [BH21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh21), [SO43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so43), [BH31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh31)

## Latest updates for SP6

- 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/SP6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sp6#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/sp6