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BH21 4GJ

Stour & Allen Vale · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Stour & Allen Vale
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 4AS 36 m
BH21 4BB 62 m
BH21 4EP 79 m
BH21 4AY 83 m
BH21 4AR 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 4GJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 4
Latitude
50.795679
Longitude
-2.074546
British National Grid easting
394,842
British National Grid northing
99,572

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Stour & Allen Vale · E05012720
Parish or community
E04003382
Westminster constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole · E14001363
Output area
E00103427
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 013C · E01020409
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 013 · E02004247

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Sturminster Marshall First School

    Community school

    146 m

  2. Graduately Developing Futures

    Other independent special school

    3.1 km

  3. Castle Court School

    Other independent school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
46
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 21
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Burglary 4
  • Other crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH21 4 residents
3,288

Age bands in BH21 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

500 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

302 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

648 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

877 residents

Age 65 and over
22.2%

665 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.

Nearby transport

  • First School

    BCT · Sturminster Marshall

    0.1 miles

  • First School

    BCT · Sturminster Marshall

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road Store

    BCT · Sturminster Marshall

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road Store

    BCT · Sturminster Marshall

    0.1 miles

  • Balls Lane

    BCT · Sturminster Marshall

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 013C, 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

26,832 of 33,755

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

7 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Sturminster Marshall First School is the nearest published school at 146 m.

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

Recorded crime

46 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 21 events.

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