BH24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ringwood and Poulner, in New Forest and 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 BH24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH24, 70.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH24 at a rate of 59.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 159 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (513), other crime (258) and anti-social behaviour (252).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH24 was 62.8 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 BH24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH24 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset 015A | 1,644 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 47.2% |
| Dorset 015B | 1,686 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 46.5% |
| Dorset 015C | 2,075 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 48.5% |
| Dorset 015D | 2,498 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.0% |
| New Forest 010A | 1,168 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.1% |
| New Forest 010B | 1,487 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.7% |
| New Forest 010C | 1,358 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.7% |
| New Forest 010D | 1,710 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.4% |
| New Forest 010E | 1,501 | 16.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 68.1% |
| New Forest 012A | 1,613 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| New Forest 012B | 1,275 | 71.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.7% |
| New Forest 012C | 1,918 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.9% |
| New Forest 012D | 1,823 | 198.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 54.0% |
| New Forest 012E | 1,477 | 98.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.3% |
| New Forest 016D | 1,298 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 45.6% |
MPs for BH24
- Sir Desmond SwayneConservativeMP for New Forest West70% of BH24’s postcodes
- Sir Christopher ChopeConservativeMP for Christchurch30% of BH24’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 BH243
Postcode sectors in BH245
Councils BH24 covers2
Towns in BH241
Postcode districts next to BH247
More in the BH postcode area2
BH24 in brief
BH24 is a postcode district covering Ringwood and Poulner, in New Forest and Dorset.
About 25,447 people lived in BH24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £465,000 in 2025 across 343 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH24 was £465,000 in 2025.
BH24 had 24,991 usual residents at the census.
In BH24, 70.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH24, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.