SO40 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of SO40, New Forest East from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
SO40 is a postcode district in New Forest East. Homes here sold for a median of £340,000 over the last year, up 11.5% over five years. 24,862 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (47% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 48% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £178,000 median sold price (all time)
- £340,000 median price, last 12 months
- 24,862 recorded sales
- +11.5% 5-year price change
- 47% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 48% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 28 Boakes Place | Semi | £490,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 44 Testwood Crescent | Semi | £340,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 19 Shetland Close | Detached | £377,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 11 Redwing Gardens | Semi | £385,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 19 Larkspur Drive | Terraced | £273,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 52 Junction Road | Terraced | £242,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 17 Silkin Gardens | Semi | £305,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 16 Daniels Walk | Terraced | £280,000 | Jul 2026 |
| St Brelade Southampton Road | Detached | £665,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 3 Lakeland Gardens | Detached | £565,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,266
- Public order 233
- Anti-social behaviour 227
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
Street-level crime map near here →
Across the wider New Forest district
The figures below cover New Forest — the council district SO40 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £385,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 175,785 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 89% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈94 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 61% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 6 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 82.4 · 84.7 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| SO40 2 | £335,000 | 4,579 |
| SO40 3 | £325,000 | 4,479 |
| SO40 4 | £320,000 | 4,046 |
| SO40 7 | £485,000 | 3,004 |
| SO40 8 | £335,500 | 5,971 |
| SO40 9 | £313,000 | 2,783 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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