SO43
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lyndhurst, Pikes Hill and Goose Green, 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 SO43 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SO43 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SO43 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SO43 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SO43 at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across the SO postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SO43.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (76), criminal damage and arson (49) and other crime (49).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SO43 was 65.0 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 SO43, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SO43 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SO43
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Forest 007B | 1,316 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 59.6% |
| New Forest 007C | 1,559 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 57.8% |
| New Forest 007D | 1,460 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 61.9% |
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.
Middle areas in SO431
Postcode sectors in SO431
Council1
Postcode districts next to SO436
More in the SO postcode area2
SO43 in brief
SO43 is a postcode district covering Lyndhurst, Pikes Hill and Goose Green, in New Forest.
About 3,926 people lived in SO43 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £440,000 in 2025 across 89 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SO43 was £440,000 in 2025.
SO43 had 4,003 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SO43 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SO43, 60.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.