SO42
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brockenhurst and East Boldre, 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 SO42 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 60% of people in SO42 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO42 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO42 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO42 at a rate of 52.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO42.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (66), other crime (64) and criminal damage and arson (35).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO42 was 68.9 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 SO42, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO42 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO42
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Forest 015C | 1,737 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.9% |
| New Forest 015D | 1,748 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.0% |
| New Forest 017B | 2,081 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 53.2% |
Your MP
- Sir Julian LewisConservativeMP for New Forest East
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Postcode sectors in SO421
Council1
Postcode districts next to SO426
Nearest rail stations2
More in the SO postcode area2
SO42 in brief
SO42 is a postcode district covering Brockenhurst and East Boldre, in New Forest.
About 4,848 people lived in SO42 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £822,500 in 2025 across 70 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 52.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO42 was £822,500 in 2025.
SO42 had 4,871 usual residents at the census.
About 60% of people in SO42 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO42, 78.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.