SO40 8WY

Totton 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
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 8WZ 4 m
SO40 8WQ 101 m
SO40 8WR 127 m
SO40 8WP 138 m
SO40 8UX 184 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 8WY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 2002
Terminated
1 June 2003
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 8
Latitude
50.911978
Longitude
-1.508747
British National Grid easting
434,633
British National Grid northing
112,617

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
E00117253
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 003A · E01023073
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 003 · E02004781

Postcode source versions

Explore SO40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. Hazel Wood Infant School

    Community school

    673 m
  2. Abbotswood Junior School

    Foundation school

    906 m
  3. Foxhills Infant School

    Community school

    937 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,154
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 573
  • Public order 93
  • Shoplifting 84
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 76

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82112

    656 m

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    1.6 km

  • SOLENT GP SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82024

    4.5 km

  • BROOK HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82213

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Graddidge Way

    BCT · West Totton

    0.3 miles
  • Graddidge Way

    BCT · West Totton

    0.3 miles
  • Hazel Farm Road

    BCT · West Totton

    0.3 miles
  • Hazel Farm Road

    BCT · West Totton

    0.3 miles
  • Rockleigh Drive

    BCT · Hounsdown

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 003A, 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

32,155 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 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

33 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Hazel Wood Infant School is the nearest published school at 673 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,154 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 573 events.

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