BH21 5EP

Stour & Allen Vale · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Stour & Allen Vale
Local authority: Dorset
Constituency: Mid Dorset and North Poole
Postcode district: BH21
Postcode sector: BH21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
BH21 5ER	359 m
BH21 5AD	429 m
BH21 7HW	453 m
BH21 7HN	539 m
BH21 5EB	920 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: BH21 5EP
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: BH
Postcode district: BH21
Postcode sector: BH21 5
Latitude: 50.880600
Longitude: -1.979671
British National Grid easting: 401,526
British National Grid northing: 109,013

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: E04012818
Westminster constituency: Mid Dorset and North Poole · E14001363
Output area: E00103365
Lower layer super output area: Dorset 013B · E01020398
Middle layer super output area: Dorset 013 · E02004247

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 BH21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery

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3.4 km
Witchampton Church of England First School

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3.7 km
St James Church of England First School

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4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 8
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Anti social behaviour 2
Violence and sexual offences 2
Burglary 1
Other crime 1
Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 9
Postcode households: 3
Residents per household: 3.0
BH21 5 residents: 2,407

Age bands in BH21 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 15.2%
Age 15 to 24: 7.8%
Age 25 to 44: 17.1%
Age 45 to 64: 33.1%
Age 65 and over: 26.7%

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH21 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.

Nearby transport

Horton Inn

BCT · Horton
0.3 miles
Horton Inn

BCT · Horton
0.3 miles
Amen Cottage

BCT · Gussage All Saints
1.1 miles
Amen Cottage

BCT · Gussage All Saints
1.1 miles
Welchnut Cottages

BCT · Horton
1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 013B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,226 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 9 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 2 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: Possible

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

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 2.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 2 events.

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