BH18 postcode area guide — Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BH18 postcode district in Bournemouth — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BH18
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
83.4%
Gigabit-capable
83.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BH18 postcode district (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 295 postcodes Ofcom measures in BH18, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 83.4%.
Around 0% of premises in BH18 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BH18
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BH18 8AA | 100% | 90.9% |
| BH18 8AB | 100% | 100% |
| BH18 8AD | 100% | 100% |
| BH18 8AE | 100% | 57.1% |
| BH18 8AF | 100% | 100% |
| BH18 8AG | 100% | 90% |
| BH18 8AH | 100% | 92% |
| BH18 8AJ | 100% | 80% |
| BH18 8AL | 100% | 80% |
| BH18 8AN | 100% | 90.9% |
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Crime in BH18
Police recorded 80 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BH18 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 32 | 40.0% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 21 | 26.3% |
| Burglary | 5 | 6.3% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 5 | 6.3% |
| Shoplifting | 4 | 5.0% |
| Vehicle crime | 4 | 5.0% |
| Other theft | 3 | 3.8% |
| Public order | 3 | 3.8% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in BH18
Based on 139 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BH18 is £500,000, up 3.1% on the previous year (£485,000).
Detached
£572,000
101 sales
Semi-detached
£390,000
11 sales
Flat / maisonette
£275,000
22 sales
Latest recorded sales in BH18
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £400,000 | Detached | Beech Close | BH18 9NJ |
| 8 May 2026 | £610,000 | Detached | Clarendon Road | BH18 9HZ |
| 8 May 2026 | £500,000 | Detached | Insley Crescent | BH18 9EA |
| 1 May 2026 | £675,000 | Detached | Abbotsbury Road | BH18 9DB |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £900,000 | Detached | Clarendon Road | BH18 9HU |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £341,000 | Semi-detached | Wentworth Drive | BH18 8EG |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £150,000 | Flat | Wentworth Drive | BH18 8EG |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £375,000 | Flat | Macaulay Road | BH18 8AR |
| 22 Apr 2026 | £500,000 | Detached | York Road | BH18 8ET |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £550,000 | Detached | Keighley Avenue | BH18 8HS |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Schools in and around BH18
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corfe Hills School | Secondary | 13–18 | 943 | BH18 9BG |
| Broadstone Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | 9–13 | 542 | BH18 8AE |
| Broadstone First School | Primary | 4–9 | 305 | BH18 8AA |
| Springdale First School | Primary | 5–9 | 300 | BH18 9BW |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in BH18
60 rated food businesses operate in BH18. 45 hold the top rating of 5, 3 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 29029, Attic Textiles, Broadstone Baptist Church Lunch Club, Broadstone Christian Nursery Ltd, Broadstone First School.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BH18
From a sample of 93 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 BH18 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 29% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
5%
Band C
24%
Band D
51%
Band E
15%
Band F
5%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.