Upton

Upton is covered by postcode district BH16. It is mostly in the Dorset council area: 189 of its 208 postcodes. The others are in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Upton (Dorset).

Typical price £305,000 Homes sold in Upton, last 12 months. ▼ 7.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 135 of 207 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 2 of 208 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 9 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 3 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Upton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Upton, by flood risk Of the 208 postcodes in Upton that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 206 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Upton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A35 BH16 5BN: not on the flood risk listBH16 5BS: not on the flood risk listBH16 5BT: not on the flood risk listBH16 5BU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5BX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5BY: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DF: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DP: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DQ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DS: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DT: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DW: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DY: not on the flood risk listBH16 5DZ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EB: not on the flood risk listBH16 5ED: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EF: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EH: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EJ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EL: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EN: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EP: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EQ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5ER: not on the flood risk listBH16 5ES: not on the flood risk listBH16 5ET: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EW: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EY: not on the flood risk listBH16 5EZ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FB: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FD: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FF: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FH: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FJ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FL: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FN: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FP: not on the flood risk listBH16 5FQ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5HA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5HB: not on the flood risk listBH16 5HD: not on the flood risk listBH16 5HE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5HF: not 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5JS: not on the flood risk listBH16 5JT: not on the flood risk listBH16 5JU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5JW: not on the flood risk listBH16 5JX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5JY: not on the flood risk listBH16 5JZ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LB: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LD: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LF: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LH: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LJ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LL: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LN: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LP: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LQ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LR: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LS: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LT: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LW: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LY: not on the flood risk listBH16 5LZ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NB: not on the flood risk listBH16 5ND: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NF: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NH: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NJ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NL: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NN: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NQ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NR: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NS: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NT: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NW: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5NZ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PB: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PD: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PF: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PH: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PJ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PL: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PN: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PP: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PQ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PR: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PT: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PW: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PY: not on the flood risk listBH16 5PZ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QB: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QD: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QF: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QH: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QJ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QL: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QN: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QP: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QQ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QR: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QS: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QT: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QW: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QY: not on the flood risk listBH16 5QZ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RB: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RD: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RF: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RH: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RJ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RL: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RN: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RP: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RR: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RS: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RT: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RW: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5RY: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SA: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SB: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SE: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SF: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SH: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SJ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SL: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SN: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SP: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SQ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SR: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SS: not on the flood risk listBH16 5ST: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SU: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SW: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SX: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SY: not on the flood risk listBH16 5SZ: not on the flood risk listBH16 5UG: not on the flood risk listBH16 5BL: low flood risk at worstBH16 5BW: medium flood risk at worst Upton Map of every postcode in Upton, by flood risk Of the 208 postcodes in Upton that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 206 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Upton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Upton
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 206

Of the 208 postcodes in Upton that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 206 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 50.7376, longitude -2.0301. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BH16 5BW9 at medium risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

BH16 6AB

What is it like to live in Upton?

Homes sold for a typical £305,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.9% on the 12 months before. At 135 of the 207 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 9 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 208 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Birchwood Practice, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hamworthy, 1.6 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 Upton?

Homes in Upton sold for a typical £305,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 107 sales, down 7.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£305,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£331,250
12 months to August 2026
£305,000

▼ down 7.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£460,000 30 sales
Semi-detached£305,000 23 sales
Terraced£286,750 42 sales
Flat or maisonette£196,000 12 sales

Across the whole BH16 district, Upton's main postcode district: a typical £310,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Upton: 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 Upton?

3 of the 208 postcodes now in use in Upton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 150 homes sold in Upton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH16 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

BH16 5FQsince July 2026BH16 5FAsince January 2023BH16 5FPsince April 2020

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

PeriodIn UptonAcross the BH16 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 107 (0%) 0 of 182 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 150 (0%) 0 of 243 (0%)

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 Upton?

Ofcom reports on 207 of the 208 postcodes in Upton. At 135 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit135 of 207
Postcodes where every home can get superfast199 of 207

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Upton at risk of flooding?

2 of the 208 postcodes in Upton 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 9 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 208 postcodes Medium: 9Low: 4

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 Upton?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Upton. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Upton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Upton is Hamworthy Rail Station, 1.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Hamworthy Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
  • Poole Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
  • Holton Heath Rail Station Railway station 4.4 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 Upton?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Upton. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Upton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 751 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Upton 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

  1. 38 September 2025
  2. 71 October 2025
  3. 64 November 2025
  4. 65 December 2025
  5. 59 January 2026
  6. 68 February 2026
  7. 60 March 2026
  8. 72 April 2026
  9. 63 May 2026
  10. 60 June 2026
  11. 66 July 2026
  12. 65 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences258 reports
Anti-social behaviour211 reports
Criminal damage and arson74 reports
Vehicle crime57 reports
Burglary37 reports
Other theft37 reports
Public order24 reports
Drugs17 reports

Also: shoplifting 16, other crime 9, possession of weapons 5, bicycle theft 3, robbery 3.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Upton?

Councils
Dorset (189) and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (19)
Parliamentary constituencies
Mid Dorset and North Poole (189) and Poole (19)
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 Upton

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Upton postcodes

208 postcodes in use in Upton, by district:

BH16 postcode district,208 postcodes

That district is in the BH postcode area.

Check a Upton postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Upton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Upton's £305,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Corfe Mullen3.7 km, £397,500Lytchett Matravers4.1 km, £430,000Poole5.1 km, £335,000Merley6.6 km, £435,000Bearwood7.6 km, £317,500Wareham7.9 km, £350,000Wimborne Minster8.3 km, £385,000West Parley11.5 km, £447,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Upton

What is it like to live in Upton?
Homes sold for a typical £305,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.9% on the 12 months before. At 135 of the 207 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 9 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 208 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Birchwood Practice, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hamworthy, 1.6 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 Upton?
Upton is covered by postcode district BH16, across 208 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Upton?
Homes in Upton sold for a typical £305,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 107 sales, down 7.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Upton?
In Upton, primary schools at its postcodes include Yarrells Preparatory School, Upton Infant School and Upton Junior School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Lytchett Minster School, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Upton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Upton is Hamworthy, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Upton?
Ofcom reports on 207 of the 208 postcodes in Upton. At 135 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Upton at risk of flooding?
2 of the 208 postcodes in Upton 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 9 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 Upton?
3 of the 208 postcodes now in use in Upton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 150 homes sold in Upton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH16 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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