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 13.3% over five years. 24,758 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.
- £177,000 median sold price (all time)
- £340,000 median price, last 12 months
- 24,758 recorded sales
- +13.3% 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, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 4 Kirk Gardens | Detached | £662,500 | May 2026 |
| 20 Bilberry Drive | Detached | £465,000 | May 2026 |
| 4 Drayton Place | Semi | £290,000 | May 2026 |
| 24 Pentridge Way | Terraced | £325,000 | May 2026 |
| 180 Woodlands Road | Detached | £870,000 | May 2026 |
| 31 Jessica Crescent | Terraced | £300,000 | May 2026 |
| 1 Grove Mews | Semi | £675,000 | May 2026 |
| 9 Mayfield Avenue | Detached | £405,000 | May 2026 |
| 32 Bearslane Close | Terraced | £264,000 | May 2026 |
| 72 Calmore Road | Detached | £230,000 | May 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,288
- Public order 238
- Anti-social behaviour 237
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Jun 2025 – May 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)
- 5.1 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jun 2026)
Open the full New Forest district report →
Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| SO40 2 | £341,500 | 4,563 |
| SO40 3 | £323,750 | 4,454 |
| SO40 4 | £320,000 | 4,034 |
| SO40 7 | £465,000 | 2,998 |
| SO40 8 | £335,000 | 5,943 |
| SO40 9 | £317,500 | 2,766 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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