BH1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bournemouth, East Cliff and Springbourne, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BH1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH1, 71.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH1 at a rate of 200.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 672 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,726), anti-social behaviour (1,723) and other crime (769).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH1 was 202.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in BH1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH1 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH1
MPs for BH1
- Tom HayesLabourMP for Bournemouth East58% of BH1’s postcodes
- Jessica ToaleLabourMP for Bournemouth West42% of BH1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BH13
Postcode sectors in BH15
Council1
Towns in BH11
Postcode districts next to BH14
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BH postcode area2
BH1 in brief
BH1 is a postcode district covering Bournemouth, East Cliff and Springbourne, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
About 28,210 people lived in BH1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 304 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 200.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH1 was £220,000 in 2025.
BH1 had 24,911 usual residents at the census.
In BH1, 71.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH1, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.