BH22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ferndown, West Moors and Dudsbury, 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 BH22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH22, 77.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH22 at a rate of 40.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (361), anti-social behaviour (348) and other crime (150).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH22 was 43.9 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 BH22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH22 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset 016A | 1,315 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.2% |
| Dorset 016B | 1,621 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 66.5% |
| Dorset 016C | 1,453 | 24.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.7% |
| Dorset 016D | 1,383 | 13.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Dorset 016E | 1,631 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 64.6% |
| Dorset 018A | 1,334 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| Dorset 018B | 1,464 | 20.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.2% |
| Dorset 018C | 1,751 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.6% |
| Dorset 018D | 1,524 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.8% |
| Dorset 018E | 1,719 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.4% |
| Dorset 020A | 1,337 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.2% |
| Dorset 020B | 1,098 | 11.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Dorset 024A | 1,905 | 14.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 61.2% |
| Dorset 024B | 1,632 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 68.3% |
| Dorset 024C | 1,638 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 53.8% |
| Dorset 024D | 1,560 | 11.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.7% |
| Dorset 024E | 1,434 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.1% |
| Dorset 024F | 1,631 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.4% |
Your MP
- Sir Christopher ChopeConservativeMP for Christchurch
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 BH223
Postcode sectors in BH224
Council1
Towns in BH222
Postcode districts next to BH225
More in the BH postcode area2
BH22 in brief
BH22 is a postcode district covering Ferndown, West Moors and Dudsbury, in Dorset.
About 27,746 people lived in BH22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £406,250 in 2025 across 592 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH22 was £406,250 in 2025.
BH22 had 27,697 usual residents at the census.
In BH22, 77.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH22, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.