Skip to main content
Postcodewise logo

BH12

Outer Postcode Area • 1,169 Postcodes
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole·South West·England
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 50.7380°N, 1.9246°W
51
51/100Overall Score
Moderate Livability
GIS Studio
Boundary Map

Working on listings or site checks?

Free reports are for movers. Agents and property teams use a Business workspace for shared seats, API, surveys and CSV uploads.

SiteScout Footfall
Commercial & Retail Operator Lens Official open data

Commercial location facts for BH12

Local facts for retail and business operators: residents, deprivation, nearby food businesses, noise and planning constraints.

Deprivation decile
—

English IoD 2025, 10 = least deprived

Food businesses (1 km)
50

Food Standards Agency register

Daytime road noise
—

Not on the Defra noise map

Planning constraints
None recorded

Use class rights depend on the premises: check with the council

Local facts for businesses

Official figures for BH12. Footfall, spending and rents are not measured here.

Fastest broadband available
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)
Ofcom

Food and drink businesses within 1 km

  • Restaurants and cafés6
  • Takeaways9
  • Pubs and bars3
  • Food shops and supermarkets13

Food Standards Agency register of inspected premises.

Planning constraints

planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC) & Historic England

Low constraint level
Article 4 direction
Not published
Conservation area
None recorded
Listed buildings within 100m
0
Tree preservation zone
Not published
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has not published Article 4 direction areas to planning.data.gov.uk, so they could not be checked.
  • Not in a conservation area recorded by the council.

Spatial screening uses the postcode centroid. Properties on boundaries must be checked against the council’s own maps.

Noise Pollution & Airport Flight Paths

Defra Strategic Noise Mapping (Agglomerations & Major Transport)

Data Unavailable Tranquillity Unrated
Road Traffic Noise (Day)
Unmeasured
Night: Unmeasured
Railway Noise (Lden)
Unmeasured
Outside mapped rail corridor
Nearest licensed airport
Bournemouth Airport
7.6 km in a straight line (EGHH)
Flight Path Impact
Unavailable
CAA corridors unmeasured
Data Limitation: Official Defra noise mapping data has not been ingested for this location.

Data quality: Aggregated across 1,169 constituent postcodes

1169 official/live sections, 0 fallback sections, 0 missing or limited sections. Generated 23 Oct 2026, 08:19.

95% coverage postcode directory
Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Official open-data answers about safety, schools, connectivity, and living in BH12.

Is BH12 a good place to live?

BH12 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole scores 51.2/100 overall in the Postcodewise area report, which combines safety, schools, transport, housing, demographics, environment and connectivity from official open data.

What is the crime rate in BH12?

The BH12 report shows recent police-recorded crime levels and trends in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, sourced from Police.uk street-level data.

What schools are near BH12?

The BH12 schools report lists nearby primary and secondary schools with Ofsted-linked ratings and distances.

How well connected is BH12?

The BH12 report covers nearby transport links, broadband speeds and mobile coverage for the area.

Detailed answer to your frequently asked question