SO45 postcode area guide — New Forest
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SO45 postcode district in New Forest — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SO45
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
97.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
78.7%
Gigabit-capable
78.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.5%
Broadband availability in the SO45 postcode district (New Forest) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 957 postcodes Ofcom measures in SO45, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 78.4%.
Around 0.5% of premises in SO45 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SO45
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SO45 1AA | 20% | 0% |
| SO45 1AB | 0% | 0% |
| SO45 1AD | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| SO45 1AE | 18.2% | 18.2% |
| SO45 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| SO45 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| SO45 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| SO45 1AJ | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| SO45 1AL | 0% | 0% |
| SO45 1AP | 75% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around New Forest
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider New Forest district (88,786 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
84.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
37.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
90.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SO45
Police recorded 62 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SO45 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 22 | 35.5% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 13 | 21.0% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 9 | 14.5% |
| Other theft | 4 | 6.5% |
| Public order | 4 | 6.5% |
| Vehicle crime | 3 | 4.8% |
| Robbery | 2 | 3.2% |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 3.2% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SO45
Based on 350 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SO45 is £330,000, up 3.1% on the previous year (£320,000).
Detached
£430,000
141 sales
Semi-detached
£319,950
89 sales
Terraced
£265,000
76 sales
Flat / maisonette
£185,000
39 sales
Latest recorded sales in SO45
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | £360,000 | Semi-detached | Tristan Close | SO45 1BN |
| 18 May 2026 | £587,500 | Detached | Lawnswood Close | SO45 4AX |
| 18 May 2026 | £375,000 | Detached | Valleydene | SO45 4NG |
| 15 May 2026 | £340,000 | Flat | South Street | SO45 6GS |
| 14 May 2026 | £635,000 | Detached | Malvern Drive | SO45 5QY |
| 12 May 2026 | £475,000 | Terraced | Prospect Place | SO45 6AT |
| 8 May 2026 | £443,000 | Detached | Renda Road | SO45 2NA |
| 8 May 2026 | £336,950 | Terraced | Courtyard Mews | SO45 2AQ |
| 8 May 2026 | £289,950 | Detached | Nicholas Road | SO45 1YS |
| 8 May 2026 | £275,000 | Terraced | Holbury Drove | SO45 2NH |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? New Forest demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider New Forest district (175,785 residents, 77,567 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15.4% |
| 15–29 | 16.9% |
| 30–44 | 15.9% |
| 45–64 | 22.5% |
| 65+ | 29.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 74.2% |
| Private rented | 14.4% |
| Social rented | 4.4% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SO45
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noadswood School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,102 | SO45 4ZF |
| Lift New Forest | Secondary | 11–16 | 504 | SO45 2PA |
| Applemore College | Secondary | 11–16 | 478 | SO45 4RQ |
| Blackfield Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 434 | SO45 1XA |
| Cadland Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 379 | SO45 2HW |
| Orchard Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 355 | SO45 4SB |
| Orchard Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 270 | SO45 4SB |
| Hythe Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 238 | SO45 6BL |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SO45
154 rated food businesses operate in SO45. 117 hold the top rating of 5, 14 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: ABM CATERING AT ORCHARD INFANT SCHOOL, ADAM'S CAFE, ADMIRALS QUARTERS, AGE CONCERN NEW FOREST HORRILL CENTRE LUNCH CLUB, ALAM SPICE.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SO45
From a sample of 157 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 SO45 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 32% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
3%
Band C
28%
Band D
46%
Band E
14%
Band F
6%
Band G
2%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for New Forest
Landlines around SO45 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.