BH17 9JS

Canford Heath · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Poole
Postcode district
BH17
Postcode sector
BH17 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH17 9LL 136 m
BH17 9LN 143 m
BH17 9WD 143 m
BH17 9LR 150 m
BH17 9LP 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH17 9JS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH17
Postcode sector
BH17 9
Latitude
50.746889
Longitude
-1.981260
British National Grid easting
401,418
British National Grid northing
94,144

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Parish or community
E04013535
Output area
E00077926

Postcode source versions

Explore BH17

106 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
27, Flat C, Sandyhurst Close, Poole, BH17 9JS 19 December 2025 £228,000
47a, Sandyhurst Close, Poole, BH17 9JS 25 March 2025 £450,000
31, Sandyhurst Close, Poole, BH17 9JS 12 December 2024 £258,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
30
Secondary
12
  1. Parkstone Grammar School

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    408 m
  2. Montacute School

    Academy special converter

    443 m
  3. Poole Grammar School

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    863 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,296
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 518
  • Anti social behaviour 231
  • Shoplifting 99
  • Criminal damage and arson 99
  • Other theft 83

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
136

68 female, 68 male

Postcode households
53
Residents per household
2.6
BH17 9 residents
6,301

Age bands in BH17 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

1,106 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

651 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

1,437 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

1,786 residents

Age 65 and over
20.1%

1,254 residents

This postcode contained 2.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH17 9 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

10

within 5 km

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

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

    ODS code J81013

    1.3 km

  • THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE

    NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW

    ODS code J81087

    1.4 km

  • THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    1.8 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    1.8 km

  • THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR

    2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF

    ODS code J81036

    2.5 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    3.1 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

  • SHORE MEDICAL

    MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ

    ODS code J81012

    3.4 km

  • THE ADAM PRACTICE

    306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ

    ODS code J81006

    3.6 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

  • Sopers Lane

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.1 miles
  • Sopers Lane

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.1 miles
  • Waterloo Road Garage

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.2 miles
  • Sopers Lane

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.2 miles
  • Montacute School

    BCT · Canford Heath

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 013E, 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

25,659 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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 £278,000 from 13 recorded sales in BH17 9JS. 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

54 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 12 secondary schools. Parkstone Grammar School is the nearest published school at 408 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,296 published events cover 12 months, averaging 108 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 518 events.

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