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BH5 1YQ

Boscombe West · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Boscombe West
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Bournemouth East
Postcode district
BH5
Postcode sector
BH5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH5 1LX 20 m
BH5 1FG 53 m
BH5 1ND 81 m
BH5 1NH 94 m
BH5 1JA 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH5 1YQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH5
Postcode sector
BH5 1
Latitude
50.723894
Longitude
-1.834188
British National Grid easting
411,800
British National Grid northing
91,600

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
Electoral ward
Boscombe West · E05012652
Parish or community
E04013533
Westminster constituency
Bournemouth East · E14001115
Output area
E00077224
Lower layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 037B · E01015280
Middle layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 037 · E02003190

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
25
Secondary
8

  1. Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    547 m

  2. Bournemouth Collegiate School

    Other independent school

    666 m

  3. Pokesdown Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    892 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,323
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,162
  • Anti social behaviour 635
  • Vehicle crime 284
  • Criminal damage and arson 244
  • Other theft 228

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH5 1 residents
6,748

Age bands in BH5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.8%

821 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

556 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.4%

2,272 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

1,606 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

1,168 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

17

within 5 km straight-line

  • SHELLEY MANOR HOLDENHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

    BEECHWOOD AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 1LX

    ODS code J81021

    20 m

  • CRESCENT PROVIDENCE SURGERY

    12-14 WALPOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 4HA

    ODS code J81634

    849 m

  • BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY

    21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ

    ODS code J81018

    1.4 km

  • SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE

    17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF

    ODS code J81059

    1.5 km

  • THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP

    MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB

    ODS code J81049

    2.0 km

  • LITTLEDOWN SURGERY

    HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU

    ODS code J81067

    2.0 km

  • THE PANTON PRACTICE

    14 GERVIS ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3EG

    ODS code J81072

    2.0 km

  • ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE

    26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW

    ODS code J81062

    2.7 km

  • WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY

    2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX

    ODS code J81633

    3.0 km

  • THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT

    ODS code J81070

    3.6 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

    FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ

    ODS code J81646

    3.8 km

  • STOUR SURGERY

    49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA

    ODS code J81066

    3.9 km

  • DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB

    ODS code J81625

    3.9 km

  • JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ

    ODS code J81047

    4.5 km

  • MOORDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE

    2A REDHILL CRESCENT, MOORDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2XF

    ODS code J81039

    4.6 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF

    ODS code J81042

    4.8 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ

    ODS code J81014

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Wollstonecraft Road

    BCT · Boscombe

    0.2 miles

  • Wollstonecraft Road

    BCT · Boscombe

    0.2 miles

  • Shelley Park

    BCT · Boscombe

    0.2 miles

  • Shelley Park

    BCT · Boscombe

    0.2 miles

  • San Remo Towers

    BCT · Boscombe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 037B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,059 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
3 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

49 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 8 secondary schools. Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 547 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,323 published events cover 12 months, averaging 276.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,162 events.

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