BH21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wimborne Minster and Corfe Mullen, 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 BH21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH21, 84.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH21 at a rate of 45.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 234 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (712), anti-social behaviour (530) and other crime (252).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH21 was 47.2 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 BH21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH21 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001A | 1,474 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 68.9% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001B | 1,738 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.4% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001C | 1,515 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 69.8% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001D | 1,605 | 17.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| Dorset 007C | 2,160 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.4% |
| Dorset 012A | 1,129 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 59.1% |
| Dorset 013A | 1,119 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.9% |
| Dorset 013B | 2,406 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.7% |
| Dorset 013C | 1,296 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 61.4% |
| Dorset 013D | 1,259 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.9% |
| Dorset 017A | 1,568 | 9.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Dorset 017B | 1,512 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.1% |
| Dorset 017C | 1,701 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.9% |
| Dorset 017D | 1,246 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.7% |
| Dorset 020C | 1,558 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| Dorset 020D | 1,203 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.9% |
| Dorset 020E | 1,130 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 59.6% |
| Dorset 021A | 1,810 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.1% |
| Dorset 021B | 2,230 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.1% |
| Dorset 021C | 1,926 | 138.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.2% |
| Dorset 021D | 2,018 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.2% |
| Dorset 025A | 1,521 | 14.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.3% |
| Dorset 025B | 1,996 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.4% |
| Dorset 025C | 1,659 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
| Dorset 025D | 1,275 | 80.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.0% |
| Dorset 025E | 1,331 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.2% |
| Dorset 025G | 1,485 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.1% |
MPs for BH21
- Vikki SladeLiberal DemocratMP for Mid Dorset and North Poole77% of BH21’s postcodes
- Simon HoareConservativeMP for North Dorset11% of BH21’s postcodes
- Sir Christopher ChopeConservativeMP for Christchurch11% of BH21’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 BH216
Postcode sectors in BH219
Council1
Towns in BH213
Postcode districts next to BH2110
More in the BH postcode area2
BH21 in brief
BH21 is a postcode district covering Wimborne Minster and Corfe Mullen, in Dorset.
About 44,108 people lived in BH21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £405,000 in 2025 across 675 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH21 was £405,000 in 2025.
BH21 had 42,247 usual residents at the census.
In BH21, 84.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH21, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.