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BH21 5NU

Cranborne & Alderholt · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Cranborne & Alderholt
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 5LX 114 m
BH21 5LY 183 m
BH21 5NF 206 m
BH21 5LZ 220 m
BH21 5NG 247 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 5NU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 5
Latitude
50.908355
Longitude
-1.958695
British National Grid easting
403,000
British National Grid northing
112,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Cranborne & Alderholt · E05012693
Parish or community
E04003387
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103314
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 007C · E01020389
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 007 · E02004243

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
2
Secondary
1

  1. Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    130 m

  2. Cranborne Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km

  3. Cranborne Middle School

    Community school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other theft 4
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH21 5 residents
2,407

Age bands in BH21 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

369 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

190 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.1%

414 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.1%

802 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

648 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE CRANBORNE PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, PENNYS LANE, CRANBORNE, WIMBORNE, BH21 5QE

    ODS code J81058

    3.0 km

Nearby transport

  • St Giles Church

    BCT · Wimborne St Giles

    0.1 miles

  • St. Giles Church

    BCT · Wimborne St Giles

    0.1 miles

  • All Hallows Farm

    BCT · Wimborne St Giles

    0.5 miles

  • All Hallows Farm

    BCT · Wimborne St Giles

    0.5 miles

  • Brockington Beeches

    BCT · Wimborne St Giles

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 007C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,394 of 33,755

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

5 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 130 m.

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

Recorded crime

20 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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