# Lymington

Town in New Forest, South East.

Lymington is a town in New Forest, South East. Median sale price £400,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 57.1 per 1,000 people. About 14,736 people.

Town. Code E63006671. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest)

Lymington is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Lymington add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £400,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Lymington was £400,000 in 2025. Joint 186th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/lymington#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 14,870** (2021). Lymington had 14,870 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 503rd least populated of 1,209. 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/town/lymington#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 79%** (2022). About 79% of people in Lymington 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/town/lymington#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 74.9%** (January 2026). In Lymington, 74.9% 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/town/lymington#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006671) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 79% of people in Lymington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006671) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 288 homes were sold in Lymington in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006671) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Lymington.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006671) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Lymington had 14,870 usual residents at the census.

## How Lymington compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Lymington | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £400,000 | joint 97th most expensive | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 14,870 | 80th least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 79% | 70th most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 74.9% | 12th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Lymington safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lymington at a rate of 57.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 90 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Lymington.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (350), other crime (196) and anti-social behaviour (85).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Lymington was 61.8 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 Lymington, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Lymington has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 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 Lymington

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [New Forest 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023041) | 1,593 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.4% |
| [New Forest 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023042) | 1,629 | 160.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 46.5% |
| [New Forest 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023043) | 1,663 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.6% |
| [New Forest 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023001) | 2,031 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| [New Forest 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023002) | 1,677 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.3% |
| [New Forest 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023058) | 1,438 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.5% |
| [New Forest 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023060) | 1,543 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.3% |
| [New Forest 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023061) | 1,435 | 88.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.6% |
| [New Forest 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023044) | 1,098 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.8% |
| [New Forest 023E](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/neighbourhood/e01023059) | 1,731 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.5% |

## Your MP

- [New Forest West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/new-forest-west): Sir Desmond Swayne (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.

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Lymington

[SO41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so41)

## Middle areas in Lymington

[Lymington North & West](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/lymington-north-and-west), [Lymington Town & Boldre](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest/lymington-town-and-boldre)

## Towns near Lymington

[Ashley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashley), [New Milton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/new-milton), [Freshwater and Totland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/freshwater-and-totland), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch), [Hythe and Dibden Purlieu](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hythe-and-dibden-purlieu), [Cowes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cowes)

## Lymington in brief

Lymington is a town in New Forest, South East.
About 14,736 people lived in Lymington in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 288 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Lymington was £400,000 in 2025.
Lymington had 14,870 usual residents at the census.
About 79% of people in Lymington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Lymington, 74.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63006671
- Constituency: [New Forest West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/new-forest-west)
- Council: [New Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.47 km²
- People, mid-2024: 14,736*
- Neighbourhoods: 10
- Output areas: 51

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Ashley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashley), [New Milton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/new-milton), [Freshwater and Totland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/freshwater-and-totland), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch), [Hythe and Dibden Purlieu](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hythe-and-dibden-purlieu), [Cowes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cowes)

## Latest updates for Lymington

- 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/E63006671

## How to cite

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