BH17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Poole, Canford Heath and Creekmoor, 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 BH17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH17, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH17 at a rate of 61.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 128 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (541), anti-social behaviour (346) and other crime (193).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH17 was 68.6 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 BH17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH17 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 BH17
MPs for BH17
- Vikki SladeLiberal DemocratMP for Mid Dorset and North Poole60% of BH17’s postcodes
- Neil Duncan-JordanLabourMP for Poole40% of BH17’s postcodes
- Jessica ToaleLabourMP for Bournemouth West0.2% of BH17’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 BH173
Postcode sectors in BH174
Council1
Towns in BH171
Postcode districts next to BH176
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BH postcode area2
BH17 in brief
BH17 is a postcode district covering Poole, Canford Heath and Creekmoor, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
About 22,683 people lived in BH17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £316,500 in 2025 across 338 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH17 was £316,500 in 2025.
BH17 had 22,742 usual residents at the census.
In BH17, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH17, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.