SO41
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lymington, Pennington and Milford on Sea, in New Forest.
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 SO41 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 67% of people in SO41 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO41 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO41 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO41 at a rate of 42.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 137 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO41.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (563), other crime (307) and anti-social behaviour (133).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO41 was 48.8 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 SO41, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO41 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO41
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Forest 015A | 1,795 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| New Forest 015B | 2,114 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 73.9% |
| New Forest 017A | 1,548 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 59.9% |
| New Forest 017C | 1,593 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.4% |
| New Forest 017D | 1,629 | 160.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 46.5% |
| New Forest 017E | 1,663 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.6% |
| New Forest 018D | 1,801 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.3% |
| New Forest 018E | 1,776 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.2% |
| New Forest 018F | 1,999 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 56.6% |
| New Forest 019A | 2,031 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
| New Forest 019B | 1,677 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.3% |
| New Forest 019C | 1,438 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.5% |
| New Forest 019D | 1,543 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.3% |
| New Forest 019E | 1,435 | 88.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.6% |
| New Forest 023A | 1,098 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.8% |
| New Forest 023B | 1,490 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.8% |
| New Forest 023C | 1,721 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.1% |
| New Forest 023D | 1,691 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.4% |
| New Forest 023E | 1,731 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.5% |
MPs for SO41
- Sir Desmond SwayneConservativeMP for New Forest West84% of SO41’s postcodes
- Sir Julian LewisConservativeMP for New Forest East16% of SO41’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 SO414
Postcode sectors in SO417
Council1
Towns in SO412
Postcode districts next to SO412
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SO postcode area2
SO41 in brief
SO41 is a postcode district covering Lymington, Pennington and Milford on Sea, in New Forest.
About 31,752 people lived in SO41 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £482,780 in 2025 across 559 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 42.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO41 was £482,780 in 2025.
SO41 had 32,001 usual residents at the census.
About 67% of people in SO41 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO41, 77.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.