BH9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bournemouth, Winton and Moordown, 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 BH9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH9, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH9 at a rate of 76.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across BH.
In August 2026 alone, 251 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (682), shoplifting (661) and anti-social behaviour (449).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH9 was 71.8 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 BH9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH9 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH9
MPs for BH9
- Tom HayesLabourMP for Bournemouth East51% of BH9’s postcodes
- Jessica ToaleLabourMP for Bournemouth West49% of BH9’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 BH93
Postcode sectors in BH93
Council1
Towns in BH91
Postcode districts next to BH95
Nearest rail stations3
More in the BH postcode area2
BH9 in brief
BH9 is a postcode district covering Bournemouth, Winton and Moordown, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
About 32,980 people lived in BH9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 411 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH9 was £350,000 in 2025.
BH9 had 32,401 usual residents at the census.
In BH9, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH9, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.