SO4 5LB

Hythe South · 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 4LB 2 m
SO45 4JR 48 m
SO45 4JZ 60 m
SO45 4LA 77 m
SO45 4JS 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO4 5LB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO4
Postcode sector
SO4 5
Latitude
50.851076
Longitude
-1.410656
British National Grid easting
441,583
British National Grid northing
105,895

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
E00116893
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 011A · E01023003
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 011 · E02004789

Postcode source versions

Explore SO4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. Wildground Infant School

    Community school

    334 m
  2. Wildground Junior School

    Community school

    358 m
  3. Noadswood School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
734
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 340
  • Criminal damage and arson 87
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Shoplifting 54
  • Public order 45

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • FORESTSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEAULIEU ROAD, DIBDEN PURLIEU, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 4JA

    ODS code J82072

    407 m

  • RED AND GREEN PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82056

    934 m

  • WATERFRONT AND SOLENT SURGERY

    JONES LANE, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 6AW

    ODS code J82156

    2.2 km

  • LIVING WELL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82622

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Watermans Lane

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.1 miles
  • Watermans Lane

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.1 miles
  • Heatherstone Avenue

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.1 miles
  • Carbould Road

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.1 miles
  • Crete Lane

    BCT · Dibden Purlieu

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 011A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,984 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Wildground Infant School is the nearest published school at 334 m.

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

Recorded crime

734 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 340 events.

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