BH4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bournemouth, Westbourne and Alum Chine, 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 BH4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In BH4, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How BH4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BH4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH4 at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across the BH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 51 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (186), anti-social behaviour (155) and other crime (98).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH4 was 79.1 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 BH4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH4 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BH4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 028A | 1,866 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.3% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 040A | 1,370 | 160.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.9% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 040B | 2,031 | 107.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 75.2% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 040C | 1,135 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 040D | 1,186 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 045C | 1,647 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 045D | 1,618 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
MPs for BH4
- Jessica ToaleLabourMP for Bournemouth West100% of BH4’s postcodes
- Neil Duncan-JordanLabourMP for Poole0.4% of BH4’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 BH41
Postcode sectors in BH43
Council1
Towns in BH41
Postcode districts next to BH44
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BH postcode area2
BH4 in brief
BH4 is a postcode district covering Bournemouth, Westbourne and Alum Chine, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
About 9,329 people lived in BH4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,000 in 2025 across 199 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BH4 was £265,000 in 2025.
BH4 had 9,426 usual residents at the census.
In BH4, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In BH4, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.