BH12 4QH

Newtown & Heatherlands · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Poole
Constituency
Poole
Postcode district
BH12
Postcode sector
BH12 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH12 4QZ 81 m
BH12 4QD 101 m
BH12 4PZ 119 m
BH12 4QS 120 m
BH12 4QR 121 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH12 4QH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH12
Postcode sector
BH12 4
Latitude
50.743084
Longitude
-1.950719
British National Grid easting
403,573
British National Grid northing
93,722

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Parish or community
E04013535
Westminster constituency
Poole · E14001429
Output area
E00078072

Postcode source versions

Explore BH12

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sigma Aldrich Co Ltd, Fancy Road, Poole, BH12 4QH 26 October 2017 £1,250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
60
Primary
33
Secondary
14
  1. St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole

    Voluntary aided school

    851 m
  2. Livingstone Road Junior School

    Academy sponsor led

    998 m
  3. Livingstone Road Infant School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,952
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 742
  • Anti social behaviour 365
  • Shoplifting 191
  • Criminal damage and arson 164
  • Other theft 131

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH12 4 residents
9,471

Age bands in BH12 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.6%

1,753 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

987 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.9%

2,319 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

2,235 residents

Age 65 and over
18.6%

1,672 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.

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

14

within 5 km

  • THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR

    2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF

    ODS code J81036

    458 m

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

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

    ODS code J81013

    974 m

  • SHORE MEDICAL

    MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ

    ODS code J81012

    1.7 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    2.2 km

  • TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE

    63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX

    ODS code J81033

    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 BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE

    NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW

    ODS code J81087

    3.4 km

  • THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    3.6 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    3.6 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF

    ODS code J81042

    3.8 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ

    ODS code J81014

    4.0 km

  • KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY

    ODS code J81045

    4.4 km

  • THE ADAM PRACTICE

    306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ

    ODS code J81006

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Old Wareham Road

    BCT · Newtown

    0.2 miles
  • Old Wareham Road

    BCT · Alderney

    0.2 miles
  • Tesco

    BCT · Newtown

    0.2 miles
  • Chesil Gardens

    BCT · Newtown

    0.2 miles
  • Tesco

    BCT · Newtown

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 023B, 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

11,763 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Schools

60 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 14 secondary schools. St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole is the nearest published school at 851 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,952 published events cover 12 months, averaging 162.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 742 events.

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