Schools
50 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 8 secondary schools. King's Park Academy is the nearest published school at 586 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH1 4BX
Boscombe West · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Boscombe West
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Bournemouth East
- Postcode district
- BH1
- Postcode sector
- BH1 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH1 4BX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1991
- Terminated
- 1 February 2014
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH1
- Postcode sector
- BH1 4
- Latitude
- 50.726618
- Longitude
- -1.839944
- British National Grid easting
- 411,393
- British National Grid northing
- 91,902
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
- Electoral ward
- Boscombe West · E05012652
- Parish or community
- E04013533
- Westminster constituency
- Bournemouth East · E14001115
- Output area
- E00172744
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 037G · E01034276
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 037 · E02003190
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BH1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 50
- Primary
- 27
- Secondary
- 8
- 586 m
King's Park Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 662 m
St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant School
Academy converter
- 669 m
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,989
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,414
- Anti social behaviour 744
- Vehicle crime 354
- Other theft 286
- Criminal damage and arson 282
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH1 4 residents
- 10,488
Age bands in BH1 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 35.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.9%
1,669 residents
1,255 residents
3,506 residents
2,502 residents
980 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
17
within 5 km straight-line
CRESCENT PROVIDENCE SURGERY
12-14 WALPOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 4HA
ODS code J81634
370 m
SHELLEY MANOR HOLDENHURST MEDICAL CENTRE
BEECHWOOD AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 1LX
ODS code J81021
498 m
THE PANTON PRACTICE
14 GERVIS ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3EG
ODS code J81072
1.7 km
LITTLEDOWN SURGERY
HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU
ODS code J81067
1.7 km
BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY
21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ
ODS code J81018
1.8 km
SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE
17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF
ODS code J81059
1.8 km
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW
ODS code J81062
2.2 km
THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP
MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB
ODS code J81049
2.4 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
2.6 km
THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT
ODS code J81070
3.1 km
DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB
ODS code J81625
3.4 km
GROVE SURGERY
FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ
ODS code J81646
4.0 km
JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ
ODS code J81047
4.1 km
MOORDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
2A REDHILL CRESCENT, MOORDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2XF
ODS code J81039
4.1 km
STOUR SURGERY
49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA
ODS code J81066
4.2 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
4.3 km
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE
MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ
ODS code J81014
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Palmerston Road
BCT · Boscombe
- 0.1 miles
Palmerston Road
BCT · Boscombe
- 0.1 miles
Sovereign Centre
BCT · Boscombe
- 0.1 miles
Bus Station
BCS · Boscombe
- 0.1 miles
Bus Station
BCS · Boscombe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 037G, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,773 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,989 published events cover 12 months, averaging 332.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,414 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.