Schools
67 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 12 secondary schools. The Lion Works School is the nearest published school at 80 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH12 5HQ
Alderney & Bourne Valley · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Bournemouth West
- Postcode district
- BH12
- Postcode sector
- BH12 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH12 5HQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH12
- Postcode sector
- BH12 5
- Latitude
- 50.751869
- Longitude
- -1.930481
- British National Grid easting
- 405,000
- British National Grid northing
- 94,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
- Electoral ward
- Alderney & Bourne Valley · E05012649
- Parish or community
- E04013535
- Westminster constituency
- Bournemouth West · E14001116
- Output area
- E00077783
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 008A · E01015379
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 008 · E02003195
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 BH12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 67
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 12
- 80 m
The Lion Works School
Other independent special school
- 454 m
Winchelsea School
Community special school
- 659 m
Manorside Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,369
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 800
- Anti social behaviour 396
- Shoplifting 393
- Criminal damage and arson 219
- Other theft 140
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH12 5 residents
- 4,395
Age bands in BH12 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 16.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.1%
734 residents
793 residents
1,121 residents
1,151 residents
953 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
TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE
63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX
ODS code J81033
1.6 km
THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR
2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF
ODS code J81036
1.8 km
CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT
9 MITCHELL ROAD, CANFORD HEATH, POOLE, BH17 8UE
ODS code J81013
2.6 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
2.7 km
KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY
ODS code J81045
2.7 km
SHORE MEDICAL
MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ
ODS code J81012
2.7 km
EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY
43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU
ODS code J81086
3.7 km
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE
MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ
ODS code J81014
3.7 km
THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT
ODS code J81070
3.8 km
DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB
ODS code J81625
3.9 km
MOORDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
2A REDHILL CRESCENT, MOORDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2XF
ODS code J81039
4.0 km
THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE
HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81041
4.6 km
THE HARVEY PRACTICE
18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81046
4.6 km
POOLE TOWN SURGERY
36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG
ODS code J81064
4.8 km
THE NEWMAN PRACTICE (DR NEWMANS SURGERY)
THE SURGERY, 36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG
ODS code J81648
4.8 km
THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE
NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW
ODS code J81087
5.0 km
JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ
ODS code J81047
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Mountbatten Roundabout
BCT · Wallisdown
- 0.1 miles
Mountbatten Roundabout
BCT · Wallisdown
- 0.1 miles
Discovery Court
BCT · Wallisdown
- 0.2 miles
Discovery Court
BCT · Wallisdown
- 0.2 miles
Francis Avenue
BCT · West Howe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 008A, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,174 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,369 published events cover 12 months, averaging 197.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 800 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.