SO4 5BT

Hythe Central · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO4
Postcode sector
SO4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO45 5BT 2 m
SO45 6JE 113 m
SO45 5GQ 131 m
SO45 5GR 132 m
SO45 3LA 149 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO4 5BT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO4
Postcode sector
SO4 5
Latitude
50.862535
Longitude
-1.400594
British National Grid easting
442,281
British National Grid northing
107,175

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004573
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00117063
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 009D · E01023039
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 009 · E02004787

Postcode source versions

Explore SO4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
21
Secondary
4
  1. Waterside Primary School

    Community school

    382 m
  2. Hythe Primary School

    Community school

    730 m
  3. Orchard Infant School

    Academy converter

    886 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
899
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 416
  • Criminal damage and arson 88
  • Shoplifting 79
  • Anti social behaviour 71
  • Public order 62

GP practices

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • RED AND GREEN PRACTICE

    WATERSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, BEAULIEU ROAD, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 5WX

    ODS code J82056

    526 m

  • WATERFRONT AND SOLENT SURGERY

    JONES LANE, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 6AW

    ODS code J82156

    854 m

  • FORESTSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEAULIEU ROAD, DIBDEN PURLIEU, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 4JA

    ODS code J82072

    1.6 km

  • LIVING WELL PARTNERSHIP

    WESTON LANE CTR HLTHY LVG, WESTON LANE, WESTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9GH

    ODS code J82622

    3.5 km

  • WOOLSTON AND CHARTWELL PARTNERSHIP

    THE WOOLSTON LODGE SURGERY, 66 PORTSMOUTH ROAD, WESTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9AL

    ODS code J82076

    4.3 km

  • OLD FIRE STATION SURGERY

    68A PORTSMOUTH ROAD, WESTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9AN

    ODS code J82128

    4.3 km

  • SPCL SURGERY

    49 PORTSMOUTH ROAD, WOOLSTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9RL

    ODS code Y07819

    4.4 km

  • ST. PETERS SURGERY

    49-55 PORTSMOUTH ROAD, WOOLSTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9RL

    ODS code J82208

    4.4 km

  • SOUTHAMPTON SEA CITY PARTNERSHIP

    ST MARY'S SURGERY, 1 JOHNSON STREET, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 1LT

    ODS code J82081

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Deerleap Way

    BCT · Hythe

    0.1 miles
  • Deerleap Way

    BCT · Hythe

    0.1 miles
  • Langdown Hill

    BCT · Hythe

    0.2 miles
  • Hobart Drive

    BCT · Hythe

    0.2 miles
  • Hobart Drive

    BCT · Hythe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 009D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,111 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Waterside Primary School is the nearest published school at 382 m.

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

Recorded crime

899 published events cover 12 months, averaging 74.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 416 events.

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