BH2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bournemouth, West Cliff and Dean Park, 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 BH2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH2, 70.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH2 at a rate of 279.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across the BH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 270 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (853), violence and sexual offences (744) and other crime (374).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH2 was 321.1 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 BH2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH2 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 038A | 2,014 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 038C | 1,023 | 255.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 57.6% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 038D | 1,337 | 501.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 36.5% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 045A | 2,453 | 243.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 69.3% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 045B | 1,740 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
Your MP
- Jessica ToaleLabourMP for Bournemouth West
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 BH21
Postcode sectors in BH22
Council1
Towns in BH21
Postcode districts next to BH23
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BH postcode area2
BH2 in brief
BH2 is a postcode district covering Bournemouth, West Cliff and Dean Park, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
About 9,978 people lived in BH2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 149 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 279.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH2 was £200,000 in 2025.
BH2 had 9,448 usual residents at the census.
In BH2, 70.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH2, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.