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BH24 1JA

Ringwood South · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Ringwood South
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
BH24
Postcode sector
BH24 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH24 1AB 31 m
BH24 1GX 31 m
BH24 1BW 48 m
BH24 1AF 52 m
BH24 1BD 67 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH24 1JA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH24
Postcode sector
BH24 1
Latitude
50.845821
Longitude
-1.791431
British National Grid easting
414,780
British National Grid northing
105,166

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Ringwood South · E05014791
Parish or community
E04004582
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00117223
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 012D · E01023070
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 012 · E02004790

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Ringwood Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    373 m

  2. Ringwood School Academy

    Academy converter

    584 m

  3. Ringwood Junior School

    Community school

    614 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
827
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 326
  • Anti social behaviour 93
  • Criminal damage and arson 84
  • Shoplifting 62
  • Other theft 61

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH24 1 residents
10,507

Age bands in BH24 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,687 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

1,064 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

2,207 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,883 residents

Age 65 and over
26.4%

2,813 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • RINGWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE CLOSE, RINGWOOD, BH24 1JY

    ODS code J82039

    141 m

  • CORNERWAYS MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 PARKERS CLOSE, NORTH POULNER, RINGWOOD, BH24 1SD

    ODS code J82150

    1.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Meeting House Lane

    BCT · Ringwood

    0.1 miles

  • Meeting House Lane

    BCT · Ringwood

    0.1 miles

  • Meeting House Lane

    BCT · Ringwood

    0.1 miles

  • Meeting House Lane

    BCT · Ringwood

    0.1 miles

  • Medical Centre

    BCT · Ringwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 012D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

16,917 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ringwood Church of England Infant School is the nearest published school at 373 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

827 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 326 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.