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BH15

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Poole, Old Town and Longfleet, 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 BH15 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In BH15, 80.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£316,750
990th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
35,108
649th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How BH15 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

BH15Middle
Median sale price26 postcode districts, BH · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in BH26 areas from £200,000 to £635,000. The middle area is £362,500. BH15 is £316,750.
£316,7508th cheapest
Population26 postcode districts, BH · 2021
Population: every postcode district in BH26 areas from 5,727 to 55,267. The middle area is 21,986. BH15 is 35,108.
35,1084th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage26 postcode districts, BH · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in BH26 areas from 58.6% to 99.1%. The middle area is 87.1%. BH15 is 80.7%.
80.7%9th lowest
Claimant rate26 postcode districts, BH · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in BH26 areas from 1.2% to 5.6%. The middle area is 3.0%. BH15 is 3.2%.
3.2%joint 8th highest

Is BH15 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH15 at a rate of 98.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.

In August 2026 alone, 427 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH15.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,080), anti-social behaviour (1,004) and other crime (494).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH15 was 97.7 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 BH15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH15 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in BH15

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 030A2,11286.9 per 1,000698.7%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 030B1,71622.9 per 1,0001099.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 030C1,77854.9 per 1,000499.9%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 034A1,90727.0 per 1,000998.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 034B1,62837.5 per 1,000699.6%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 034C1,61230.9 per 1,0008100.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 034D1,73373.6 per 1,000898.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 034E1,57931.0 per 1,000999.9%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 042A1,72771.9 per 1,000536.6%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 042B2,43144.6 per 1,000788.9%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044A1,745105.4 per 1,000494.5%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044B1,77834.4 per 1,000799.8%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044C1,280726.0 per 1,000155.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044D1,634107.0 per 1,000581.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044E1,343219.3 per 1,000679.7%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044F1,188154.7 per 1,000293.1%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044G1,166153.8 per 1,000640.2%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044H1,288181.2 per 1,000459.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 046A1,41720.9 per 1,000697.6%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 046B1,30342.3 per 1,000796.2%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 046C1,42648.4 per 1,000399.7%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 046D1,52185.8 per 1,000587.4%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 046E1,114154.1 per 1,000541.5%

MPs for BH15

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 BH155

Postcode sectors in BH155

Council1

Towns in BH151

Postcode districts next to BH154

Nearest rail stations4

More in the BH postcode area2

BH15 in brief

BH15 is a postcode district covering Poole, Old Town and Longfleet, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

About 36,198 people lived in BH15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £316,750 in 2025 across 540 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 98.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in BH15 was £316,750 in 2025.

BH15 had 35,108 usual residents at the census.

In BH15, 80.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In BH15, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.