BH6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bournemouth, West Southbourne and Iford, 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 BH6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH6, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH6 at a rate of 51.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (335), violence and sexual offences (328) and other crime (163).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH6 was 53.3 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 BH6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH6 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 BH6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 026B | 1,676 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 026C | 1,395 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 026D | 1,173 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 026E | 1,704 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 036A | 1,883 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 036B | 1,506 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 036C | 1,688 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 036D | 1,622 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.8% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 036E | 1,802 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.1% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 039A | 1,511 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 039B | 1,902 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 039C | 1,555 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.2% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 039D | 1,800 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 039E | 1,602 | 20.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
Your MP
- Tom HayesLabourMP for Bournemouth East
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 BH63
Postcode sectors in BH63
Council1
Towns in BH61
Postcode districts next to BH63
Nearest rail stations3
More in the BH postcode area2
BH6 in brief
BH6 is a postcode district covering Bournemouth, West Southbourne and Iford, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
About 22,326 people lived in BH6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 399 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 51.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH6 was £400,000 in 2025.
BH6 had 22,622 usual residents at the census.
In BH6, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH6, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.