SO4 5BY

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 4BY 7 m
SO45 4BZ 87 m
SO45 4BW 93 m
SO45 4BX 112 m
SO45 4BU 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO4 5BY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO4
Postcode sector
SO4 5
Latitude
50.856833
Longitude
-1.409220
British National Grid easting
441,679
British National Grid northing
106,536

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
E00117072
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 009C · E01023038
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
26
Primary
16
Secondary
4
  1. Wildground Infant School

    Community school

    350 m
  2. Wildground Junior School

    Community school

    387 m
  3. Orchard Infant School

    Academy converter

    520 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
967
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 467
  • Criminal damage and arson 106
  • Anti social behaviour 76
  • Public order 72
  • Shoplifting 56

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • RED AND GREEN PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82056

    375 m

  • FORESTSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEAULIEU ROAD, DIBDEN PURLIEU, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 4JA

    ODS code J82072

    742 m

  • WATERFRONT AND SOLENT SURGERY

    JONES LANE, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 6AW

    ODS code J82156

    1.5 km

  • LIVING WELL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82622

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Noads Way

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.1 miles
  • Noads Way

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.1 miles
  • Highlands Way

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.1 miles
  • Golden Hind Park

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.1 miles
  • Golden Hind Park

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 009C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,509 of 33,755

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

26 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. Wildground Infant School is the nearest published school at 350 m.

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

Recorded crime

967 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 467 events.

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