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BH12 2DF

Newtown & Heatherlands · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Poole
Ward
Newtown & Heatherlands
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Poole
Postcode district
BH12
Postcode sector
BH12 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH12 2DE 26 m
BH14 9BZ 50 m
BH12 2DG 52 m
BH12 2BT 72 m
BH12 2BZ 86 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH12 2DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH12
Postcode sector
BH12 2
Latitude
50.728957
Longitude
-1.934085
British National Grid easting
404,748
British National Grid northing
92,152

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
Electoral ward
Newtown & Heatherlands · E05012670
Parish or community
E04013535
Westminster constituency
Poole · E14001429
Output area
E00077826
Lower layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 032A · E01015390
Middle layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 032 · E02003203

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Grosvenor Court, 4, Shelley Road, Poole, BH12 2DF 28 February 2013 £124,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
60
Primary
33
Secondary
11

  1. Courthill Infant School

    Academy converter

    393 m

  2. Heatherlands Primary School

    Academy converter

    557 m

  3. Livingstone Road Infant School

    Academy converter

    930 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,646
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 899
  • Shoplifting 425
  • Anti social behaviour 405
  • Criminal damage and arson 200
  • Other theft 181

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.3
BH12 2 residents
7,489

Age bands in BH12 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,339 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

692 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.3%

2,273 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

1,999 residents

Age 65 and over
16%

1,204 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH12 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

13

within 5 km

  • SHORE MEDICAL

    MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ

    ODS code J81012

    596 m

  • THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR

    2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF

    ODS code J81036

    1.5 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    1.8 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ

    ODS code J81014

    2.2 km

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

    9 MITCHELL ROAD, CANFORD HEATH, POOLE, BH17 8UE

    ODS code J81013

    2.6 km

  • TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE

    63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX

    ODS code J81033

    2.8 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF

    ODS code J81042

    3.0 km

  • POOLE TOWN SURGERY

    36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG

    ODS code J81064

    3.1 km

  • THE NEWMAN PRACTICE (DR NEWMANS SURGERY)

    THE SURGERY, 36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG

    ODS code J81648

    3.1 km

  • THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT

    ODS code J81070

    4.0 km

  • DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB

    ODS code J81625

    4.6 km

  • THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE

    NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW

    ODS code J81087

    4.7 km

  • KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY

    ODS code J81045

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Jubilee Road

    BCT · Parkstone

    0.1 miles

  • Jubilee Road

    BCT · Parkstone

    0.1 miles

  • Loch Road

    BCT · Parkstone

    0.2 miles

  • Glencoe Road

    BCT · Parkstone

    0.2 miles

  • Glencoe Road

    BCT · Parkstone

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 032A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,811 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
3 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

60 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 11 secondary schools. Courthill Infant School is the nearest published school at 393 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,646 published events cover 12 months, averaging 220.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 899 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.