BH20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wareham and Wool, in Dorset.
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 BH20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH20, 58.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH20 at a rate of 47.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 105 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (359), anti-social behaviour (260) and other crime (165).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH20 was 49.7 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 BH20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH20 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset 027A | 1,946 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 6.1% |
| Dorset 033A | 1,195 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.3% |
| Dorset 033B | 1,422 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.0% |
| Dorset 033C | 1,448 | 91.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| Dorset 033D | 1,710 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| Dorset 033E | 1,229 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 50.6% |
| Dorset 033F | 1,494 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.2% |
| Dorset 035A | 1,314 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 59.5% |
| Dorset 035C | 1,652 | 101.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 43.8% |
| Dorset 035D | 1,158 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 42.3% |
| Dorset 035E | 2,564 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 14.5% |
| Dorset 039A | 1,694 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 40.4% |
| Dorset 039B | 1,831 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 61.5% |
MPs for BH20
- Vikki SladeLiberal DemocratMP for Mid Dorset and North Poole59% of BH20’s postcodes
- Lloyd HattonLabourMP for South Dorset41% of BH20’s postcodes
- Simon HoareConservativeMP for North Dorset0.1% of BH20’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 BH203
Postcode sectors in BH205
Council1
Postcode districts next to BH204
Nearest rail stations2
More in the BH postcode area2
BH20 in brief
BH20 is a postcode district covering Wareham and Wool, in Dorset.
About 20,879 people lived in BH20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 259 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH20 was £370,000 in 2025.
BH20 had 20,170 usual residents at the census.
In BH20, 58.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH20, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.