Poole
Poole is covered by postcode districts BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15, BH17, BH18 and 6 more. It is in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area, England.
Every postcode in Poole, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 92
- In use before 2020: 3,134
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 3,226 postcodes in Poole that ONS places, 92 are new since 2020 and 3,134 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.7310, longitude -1.9591. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 17 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BH12 9QE, is the newest of them.
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BH15 1FL, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BH14 4HH, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BH17 7FU, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Poole?
Homes sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 2,397 of the 3,130 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,000 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 169 of its 3,226 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Parkstone (Dorset), 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Poole?
Homes in Poole sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,749 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £445,000 670 sales
- Semi-detached £330,000 361 sales
- Terraced £286,500 273 sales
- Flat or maisonette £225,000 445 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BH15 district, Poole's main postcode district: a typical £325,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Poole: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Poole?
92 of the 3,226 postcodes now in use in Poole came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 2,206 homes sold in Poole were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH15 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Poole | Across the BH15 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 1,749 (0%) | 0 of 401 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 17 of 2,206 (Under 1%) | 4 of 576 (Under 1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Poole?
Ofcom reports on 3,130 of the 3,226 postcodes in Poole. At 2,397 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Poole at risk of flooding?
169 of the 3,226 postcodes in Poole have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,000 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Poole?
The open schools at the postcodes in Poole (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Ocean Academy Poole500 m 325 pupils, 360 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole750 m 379 pupils, 420 places
- Livingstone Road Junior School1.1 km 204 pupils, 600 places
- Livingstone Road Infant School1.2 km 199 pupils, 450 places
- Longfleet Church of England Primary School1.2 km 627 pupils, 630 places
- Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School1.3 km 718 pupils, 720 places
- Canford Heath Infant School1.4 km 367 pupils, 360 places
- Canford Heath Junior School1.4 km 489 pupils, 480 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Poole?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Poole is Parkstone (Dorset) Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.
- Parkstone (Dorset) Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
- Poole Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
- Branksome Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Poole?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Poole, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Evergreen Oak Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01202 747496 800 mWalk
- Shore Medical Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01202 741370 1.2 kmCycle
- Canford Heath Group Pract Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01202 772540 1.3 kmCycle
- The Rosemary Health Ctr Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01202 723372 1.3 kmCycle
- Poole Town Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01202 670111 1.7 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Poole safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,111 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Poole over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 142 September 2025
- 150 October 2025
- 144 November 2025
- 146 December 2025
- 143 January 2026
- 140 February 2026
- 157 March 2026
- 198 April 2026
- 227 May 2026
- 191 June 2026
- 240 July 2026
- 233 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 45, bicycle theft 18, robbery 18, other crime 14, possession of weapons 11, theft from the person 6.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Poole?
- Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Poole (2,284), Mid Dorset and North Poole (507) and Bournemouth West (435)
- Police force area
- Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Poole
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole about council tax Council tax, on bcpcouncil.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Poole
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Poole postcodes
3,226 postcodes in use in Poole, by district:
Those districts are all in the BH postcode area.
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Places near Poole
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Poole's £335,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Poole
- What is it like to live in Poole?
- Homes sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 2,397 of the 3,130 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,000 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 169 of its 3,226 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Parkstone (Dorset), 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Poole?
- Poole is covered by postcode districts BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15, BH17, BH18 and 6 more, across 3,226 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Poole in?
- Poole is in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Poole?
- Homes in Poole sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,749 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Poole?
- In Poole, primary schools at its postcodes include Ocean Academy Poole, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole and Livingstone Road Junior School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole, Longspee Academy and Poole High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Poole have a railway station?
- Yes: Parkstone (Dorset) is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Poole, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Poole?
- Ofcom reports on 3,130 of the 3,226 postcodes in Poole. At 2,397 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Poole at risk of flooding?
- 169 of the 3,226 postcodes in Poole have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,000 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Poole?
- 92 of the 3,226 postcodes now in use in Poole came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 2,206 homes sold in Poole were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH15 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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