SO40 8GB

Totton North · 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
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 8EG 25 m
SO40 8GG 33 m
SO40 8EF 54 m
SO40 8GF 73 m
SO40 8EH 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 8GB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
1 June 1997
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 8
Latitude
50.918110
Longitude
-1.506306
British National Grid easting
434,800
British National Grid northing
113,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004587
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00117319
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 002D · E01023088
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 002 · E02004780

Postcode source versions

Explore SO40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
24
Secondary
5
  1. Abbotswood Junior School

    Foundation school

    373 m
  2. Hazel Wood Infant School

    Community school

    571 m
  3. Lydlynch Infant School

    Community school

    667 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,777
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 862
  • Public order 154
  • Anti social behaviour 139
  • Shoplifting 123
  • Criminal damage and arson 119

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SO40 8 residents
8,226

Age bands in SO40 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

1,373 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

818 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

2,083 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

2,395 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,438 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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    1 HAZEL FARM ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 8WU

    ODS code J82112

    564 m

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    1.2 km

  • SOLENT GP SURGERY

    ADELAIDE HEALTH CENTRE, WILLIAM MACLEOD WAY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4XE

    ODS code J82024

    4.2 km

  • BROOK HOUSE SURGERY

    98 OAKLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY PARK, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4NZ

    ODS code J82213

    4.3 km

  • LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE

    LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 8HY

    ODS code J82002

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Calmore Corner

    BCT · West Totton

    0.1 miles
  • Calmore Corner

    BCT · West Totton

    0.1 miles
  • Calmore Corner

    BCT · West Totton

    0.1 miles
  • Graddidge Way

    BCT · West Totton

    0.2 miles
  • Totton College

    BCT · West Totton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 002D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

10,089 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

34 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 5 secondary schools. Abbotswood Junior School is the nearest published school at 373 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,777 published events cover 12 months, averaging 148.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 862 events.

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