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BH17

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Poole, Canford Heath and Creekmoor, 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 BH17 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in BH17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£316,500
992nd most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
22,742
1,296th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How BH17 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

BH17Middle
Median sale price26 postcode districts, BH · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in BH26 areas from £200,000 to £635,000. The middle area is £362,500. BH17 is £316,500.
£316,5007th cheapest
Population26 postcode districts, BH · 2021
Population: every postcode district in BH26 areas from 5,727 to 55,267. The middle area is 21,986. BH17 is 22,742.
22,74212th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 postcode districts, BH · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in BH26 areas from 0.0% to 59.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. BH17 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage26 postcode districts, BH · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in BH26 areas from 58.6% to 99.1%. The middle area is 87.1%. BH17 is 99.1%.
99.1%highest

Is BH17 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BH17 at a rate of 61.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 75.8 per 1,000 people across the BH postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 128 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BH17.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (541), anti-social behaviour (346) and other crime (193).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BH17 was 68.6 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 BH17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BH17 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
  • 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 BH17

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 013A1,30027.2 per 1,00010100.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 013B1,42244.5 per 1,0007100.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 013C1,57456.2 per 1,0005100.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 013D1,240161.3 per 1,0002100.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 013E1,300110.4 per 1,000896.9%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016A1,50941.9 per 1,000898.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016B1,75247.9 per 1,000895.6%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016C1,43037.4 per 1,0003100.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016D1,49340.2 per 1,0007100.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016E1,36644.7 per 1,000899.6%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 021A1,51958.6 per 1,000599.6%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 021B1,52593.5 per 1,000899.7%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 021D1,65055.8 per 1,0004100.0%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 021E1,59392.1 per 1,000498.5%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 021F1,40830.5 per 1,000998.9%

MPs for BH17

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 BH173

Postcode sectors in BH174

Council1

Towns in BH171

Postcode districts next to BH176

Nearest rail stations4

More in the BH postcode area2

BH17 in brief

BH17 is a postcode district covering Poole, Canford Heath and Creekmoor, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

About 22,683 people lived in BH17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £316,500 in 2025 across 338 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in BH17 was £316,500 in 2025.

BH17 had 22,742 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in BH17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In BH17, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.