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BH16 6AR

Poole Town · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Poole Town
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Poole
Postcode district
BH16
Postcode sector
BH16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH15 1AA 0 m
BH15 1NN 0 m
BH15 2JZ 0 m
BH15 2RG 0 m
BH15 2YE 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH16 6AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH16
Postcode sector
BH16 6
Latitude
50.715550
Longitude
-1.985649
British National Grid easting
401,109
British National Grid northing
90,659

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
Electoral ward
Poole Town · E05012674
Parish or community
E04013535
Westminster constituency
Poole · E14001429
Output area
E00172094
Lower layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044C · E01032659
Middle layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044 · E02003208

Postcode source versions

Explore BH16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
23
Secondary
7

  1. Old Town Infant School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    295 m

  2. Poole High School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  3. The Cornerstone Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,314
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 771
  • Anti social behaviour 500
  • Criminal damage and arson 201
  • Shoplifting 196
  • Other theft 121

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH16 6 residents
4,972

Age bands in BH16 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.9%

723 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

456 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.1%

887 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

1,528 residents

Age 65 and over
30.8%

1,601 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

8

within 5 km

  • POOLE TOWN SURGERY

    36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG

    ODS code J81064

    857 m

  • THE NEWMAN PRACTICE (DR NEWMANS SURGERY)

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

    ODS code J81648

    857 m

  • THE ADAM PRACTICE

    306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ

    ODS code J81006

    1.9 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    2.1 km

  • THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE

    NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW

    ODS code J81087

    2.9 km

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

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

    ODS code J81013

    3.3 km

  • SHORE MEDICAL

    MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ

    ODS code J81012

    3.4 km

  • THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR

    2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF

    ODS code J81036

    3.8 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

  • St Aubyns Court

    BCT · Poole

    0.1 miles

  • St Aubyns Court

    BCT · Poole

    0.1 miles

  • Nelson Court

    BCT · Poole

    0.1 miles

  • Nelson Court

    BCT · Poole

    0.1 miles

  • Old Orchard

    BCT · Poole

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 044C, 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

2,309 of 33,755

Income
1 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
8 of 10
Living environment
5 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

37 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 7 secondary schools. Old Town Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 295 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,314 published events cover 12 months, averaging 192.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 771 events.

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