BH4 postcode area guide — Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BH4 postcode district in Bournemouth — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BH4
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
92.4%
Gigabit-capable
82.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BH4 postcode district (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 220 postcodes Ofcom measures in BH4, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 82.4%.
Around 0% of premises in BH4 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 BH4
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BH4 8AA | 100% | 82% |
| BH4 8AB | 100% | 94.3% |
| BH4 8AD | 100% | 79.1% |
| BH4 8AE | 100% | 100% |
| BH4 8AF | 100% | 100% |
| BH4 8AG | 100% | 100% |
| BH4 8AH | 100% | 0% |
| BH4 8AJ | 100% | 76.9% |
| BH4 8AL | 100% | 100% |
| BH4 8AN | 100% | 100% |
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Crime in BH4
Police recorded 342 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BH4 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 104 | 30.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 101 | 29.5% |
| Vehicle crime | 30 | 8.8% |
| Public order | 23 | 6.7% |
| Shoplifting | 21 | 6.1% |
| Drugs | 18 | 5.3% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 17 | 5.0% |
| Other theft | 11 | 3.2% |
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 BH4
Based on 149 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BH4 is £253,000, down 5.2% on the previous year (£267,000).
Detached
£927,500
11 sales
Flat / maisonette
£250,000
129 sales
Latest recorded sales in BH4
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | £260,000 | Flat | Surrey Road | BH4 9HR |
| 14 May 2026 | £300,000 | Flat | Grosvenor Road | BH4 8BQ |
| 8 May 2026 | £230,000 | Flat | Branksome Wood Road | BH4 9JS |
| 6 May 2026 | £927,500 | Detached | The Green | BH4 9LR |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £283,750 | Flat | Branksome Wood Road | BH4 9JS |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £180,000 | Terraced | Poole Road | BH4 9DZ |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £180,000 | Flat | Branksome Wood Road | BH4 9JT |
| 16 Apr 2026 | £180,000 | Flat | Alum Chine Road | BH4 8DN |
| 14 Apr 2026 | £250,000 | Flat | Groveley Road | BH4 8HF |
| 14 Apr 2026 | £219,750 | Flat | Burnaby Road | BH4 8JF |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Schools in and around BH4
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talbot Heath School | Not applicable | 2–19 | 427 | BH4 9NJ |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 599 | BH2 5LH |
| Victoria Education Centre | Not applicable | 3–19 | 133 | BH13 6AS |
| Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 603 | BH12 1PG |
| Kings Bournemouth | Not applicable | 14–25 | 65 | BH2 6LD |
| Heatherlands Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 616 | BH12 2BG |
| Arts University Bournemouth | Not applicable | — | — | BH12 5HH |
| Livingstone Academy Bournemouth | All-through | 4–19 | 1,006 | BH1 1PA |
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 BH4
86 rated food businesses operate in BH4. 69 hold the top rating of 5, 7 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abbeyfield Westbourne House, Almond & Co, Annabel's Nursery, Argyll Gardens Bowling Club, Art Sushi.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BH4
From a sample of 344 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 BH4 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 43% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
6%
Band C
37%
Band D
40%
Band E
14%
Band F
3%
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.