BH12 5BE

Alderney & Bourne Valley · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Poole
Constituency
Bournemouth West
Postcode district
BH12
Postcode sector
BH12 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH12 5BQ 50 m
BH12 5DP 96 m
BH12 5BH 145 m
BH12 5BW 159 m
BH12 4HL 196 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH12 5BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH12
Postcode sector
BH12 5
Latitude
50.742747
Longitude
-1.912934
British National Grid easting
406,239
British National Grid northing
93,687

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Parish or community
E04013535
Westminster constituency
Bournemouth West · E14001116
Output area
E00077768

Postcode source versions

Explore BH12

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Flat 3, South Park Road, Poole, BH12 5BE 14 April 2022 £210,000
4, South Park Road, Poole, BH12 5BE 1 November 2021 £325,000
3, South Park Road, Poole, BH12 5BE 30 June 2021 £365,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
69
Primary
38
Secondary
12
  1. Langside School

    Non-maintained special school

    116 m
  2. Talbot Primary School

    Academy converter

    357 m
  3. St Mark's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    973 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,985
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 707
  • Anti social behaviour 355
  • Shoplifting 233
  • Criminal damage and arson 188
  • Other theft 117

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

10 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.3
BH12 5 residents
4,395

Age bands in BH12 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

734 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.7%

793 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.6%

1,121 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.2%

1,151 residents

Age 65 and over
20.1%

953 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH12 5 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

14

within 5 km

  • TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE

    63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX

    ODS code J81033

    738 m

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF

    ODS code J81042

    1.2 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ

    ODS code J81014

    2.2 km

  • THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT

    ODS code J81070

    2.4 km

  • THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR

    2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF

    ODS code J81036

    2.4 km

  • SHORE MEDICAL

    MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ

    ODS code J81012

    2.6 km

  • DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB

    ODS code J81625

    2.6 km

  • KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY

    ODS code J81045

    2.9 km

  • MOORDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE

    2A REDHILL CRESCENT, MOORDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2XF

    ODS code J81039

    3.1 km

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

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

    ODS code J81013

    3.6 km

  • ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE

    26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW

    ODS code J81062

    3.7 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    3.8 km

  • JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ

    ODS code J81047

    4.2 km

  • THE PANTON PRACTICE

    14 GERVIS ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3EG

    ODS code J81072

    4.3 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

  • Langside Avenue

    BCT · Bourne Valley

    0.0 miles
  • Langside Avenue

    BCT · Bourne Valley

    0.1 miles
  • Bloxworth Road

    BCT · Bourne Valley

    0.1 miles
  • Bloxworth Road

    BCT · Bourne Valley

    0.1 miles
  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Bourne Valley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 022D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,366 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £267,500 from 2 recorded sales in BH12 5BE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole is £312,162 in June 2026, down 1.6% year on year.

Schools

69 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 12 secondary schools. Langside School is the nearest published school at 116 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,985 published events cover 12 months, averaging 165.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 707 events.

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