BH7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bournemouth, Littledown and Pokesdown, 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 BH7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH7, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH7 at a rate of 83.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 93 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (357), anti-social behaviour (257) and other crime (184).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH7 was 78.0 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 BH7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH7 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 020A | 1,552 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 020B | 1,898 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 020C | 1,763 | 14.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.4% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 020D | 1,362 | 216.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 64.9% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 026A | 1,653 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.4% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 035D | 1,792 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 035E | 2,013 | 104.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
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 BH71
Postcode sectors in BH72
Council1
Towns in BH71
Postcode districts next to BH75
Nearest rail stations3
More in the BH postcode area2
BH7 in brief
BH7 is a postcode district covering Bournemouth, Littledown and Pokesdown, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
About 12,569 people lived in BH7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £422,000 in 2025 across 165 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH7 was £422,000 in 2025.
BH7 had 12,382 usual residents at the census.
In BH7, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH7, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.