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BH24 2AB

St Leonards & St Ives · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St Leonards & St Ives
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
Christchurch
Postcode district
BH24
Postcode sector
BH24 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH24 2AQ 156 m
BH24 2AG 169 m
BH24 2DD 192 m
BH24 2AE 197 m
BH24 2AF 301 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH24 2AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH24
Postcode sector
BH24 2
Latitude
50.843344
Longitude
-1.804594
British National Grid easting
413,854
British National Grid northing
104,888

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
St Leonards & St Ives · E05012713
Parish or community
E04003379
Westminster constituency
Christchurch · E14001171
Output area
E00103393
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 015A · E01020403
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 015 · E02004246

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Ringwood Waldorf School

    Other independent school

    327 m

  2. Sheiling College

    Special post 16 institution

    758 m

  3. Sheiling School

    Other independent special school

    758 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
487
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 153
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Shoplifting 53
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Vehicle crime 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
BH24 2 residents
7,908

Age bands in BH24 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.3%

894 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.7%

528 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.5%

1,222 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

2,156 residents

Age 65 and over
39.3%

3,105 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH24 2 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

2

within 5 km

  • RINGWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE CLOSE, RINGWOOD, BH24 1JY

    ODS code J82039

    1.1 km

  • CORNERWAYS MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 PARKERS CLOSE, NORTH POULNER, RINGWOOD, BH24 1SD

    ODS code J82150

    2.6 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Ashley Cottages

    BCT · Ashley

    0.1 miles

  • Ashley Cottages

    BCT · Ashley

    0.1 miles

  • Ashley Cottages

    BCT · Ashley

    0.1 miles

  • Ashley Heath Roundabout

    BCT · St Ives

    0.3 miles

  • Ashley Heath Roundabout

    BCT · St Ives

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 015A, 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

26,564 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
1
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

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ringwood Waldorf School is the nearest published school at 327 m.

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

Recorded crime

487 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 153 events.

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