# BH12

Postcode district covering Poole, Rossmore and Branksome, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

BH12 is a postcode district covering Poole, Rossmore and Branksome, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Median sale price £322,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code BH12. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [BH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh)

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 BH12 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £322,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BH12 was £322,500 in 2025. Joint 953rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 37,075** (2021). BH12 had 37,075 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 553rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in BH12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In BH12, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=BH12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in BH12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=BH12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 467 homes were sold in BH12 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=BH12) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for BH12.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=BH12) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BH12 had 37,075 usual residents at the census.

## How BH12 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | BH12 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £322,500 | 9th cheapest | 26 postcode districts, BH · 2025 |
| Population | 37,075 | 3rd most populated | 26 postcode districts, BH · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 26 postcode districts, BH · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.7% | 6th highest | 26 postcode districts, BH · Jan 2026 |

## Is BH12 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH12 at a rate of 77.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across the BH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 272 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (946), anti-social behaviour (694) and other crime (361).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH12 was 77.9 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 BH12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH12 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in BH12

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015379) | 1,454 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015380) | 1,799 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015381) | 1,736 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015382) | 1,961 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015383) | 1,475 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 022E](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015384) | 1,644 | 150.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 022F](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015385) | 1,791 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015438) | 1,581 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015439) | 1,838 | 161.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015441) | 1,984 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.2% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015442) | 2,043 | 68.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 023E](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015443) | 1,984 | 139.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 023F](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015444) | 1,736 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015386) | 1,677 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.7% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015387) | 1,524 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015388) | 1,477 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015389) | 1,438 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.6% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015390) | 1,711 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.9% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015391) | 1,461 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015392) | 1,478 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.3% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015393) | 1,302 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 032E](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/neighbourhood/e01015394) | 1,651 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |

## Your MP

- [Bournemouth West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bournemouth-west): Jessica Toale (Labour), MP since July 2024. 56% of the people here.
- [Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/poole): Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour), MP since July 2024. 43% of the people here.
- [Mid Dorset and North Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-dorset-and-north-poole): Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 0.9% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in BH12

[Branksome East](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/branksome-east), [Branksome West](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/branksome-west), [Newtown](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/newtown), [Rossmore](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole/rossmore)

## Postcode sectors in BH12

[BH12 1 (147 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12-1), [BH12 2 (144 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12-2), [BH12 3 (161 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12-3), [BH12 4 (183 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12-4), [BH12 5 (84 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12-5), [BH12 9 (29 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12-9)

## Council

[Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole)

## Towns in BH12

[Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/town/poole)

## Postcode districts next to BH12

[BH3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh3), [BH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh4), [BH9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh9), [BH10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh10), [BH11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh11), [BH13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh13), [BH14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh14), [BH15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh15), [BH17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh17)

## Nearest rail stations

[Branksome (1.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.9198,50.7270), [Parkstone (Dorset) (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.9480,50.7230), [Poole (4.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.9833,50.7194), [Bournemouth (5.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-1.8645,50.7273)

## More in the BH postcode area

[All BH postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## BH12 in brief

BH12 is a postcode district covering Poole, Rossmore and Branksome, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
About 38,142 people lived in BH12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £322,500 in 2025 across 467 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 77.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH12 was £322,500 in 2025.
BH12 had 37,075 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in BH12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BH12, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BH12
- Postcode area: [BH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh)
- Constituency: [Bournemouth West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bournemouth-west)
- Council: [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole †](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole)
- Area: 9.94 km²
- People, mid-2024: 38,142*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 113

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[BH14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh14), [BH11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh11), [BH15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh15), [BH13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh13), [BH3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh3), [BH17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh17)

## Latest updates for BH12

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/BH12

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh12