BH16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Upton, Lytchett Matravers and Turlin Moor, in Dorset and 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 BH16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH16, 85.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH16 at a rate of 60.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 94 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (348), anti-social behaviour (280) and other crime (115).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH16 was 63.0 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 BH16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH16 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 042C | 1,783 | 109.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.7% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 042D | 1,491 | 135.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.6% |
| Dorset 027B | 2,076 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.7% |
| Dorset 027C | 1,812 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.8% |
| Dorset 028A | 1,324 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Dorset 028B | 1,473 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.0% |
| Dorset 028C | 1,601 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.7% |
| Dorset 028D | 1,929 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.1% |
| Dorset 028E | 2,322 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.5% |
MPs for BH16
- Vikki SladeLiberal DemocratMP for Mid Dorset and North Poole87% of BH16’s postcodes
- Neil Duncan-JordanLabourMP for Poole13% of BH16’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 BH162
Postcode sectors in BH162
Councils BH16 covers2
Towns in BH162
Postcode districts next to BH165
Nearest rail stations2
More in the BH postcode area2
BH16 in brief
BH16 is a postcode district covering Upton, Lytchett Matravers and Turlin Moor, in Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
About 16,689 people lived in BH16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £337,000 in 2025 across 226 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH16 was £337,000 in 2025.
BH16 had 16,223 usual residents at the census.
In BH16, 85.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH16, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.