6,237
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 50%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
55 · 3.7 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£414,875
Median property price
350
Postcodes
Overview of Bearwood & Merley
Coordinates50.7732, -1.9461
Postcodes
350
Population (Census)
14,981
Households (Census)
6,237
Recorded crime · May '26
55 · 3.7 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Bearwood & Merley
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.43 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 7.43 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Bearwood & Merley
Property sales · Bearwood & Merley
HM Land Registry · Bearwood & Merley
Average price
£400,446
YoY: +1.5%
Median price: £412,562
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 8 sales · avg £374,719
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£481k£413k£345k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Bearwood & Merley
Crime trends · Bearwood & Merley
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
27188
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
15
YoY -44%
ASB
27164
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
15
YoY +275%
Vehicle Crime
1050
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
3
YoY +50%
Burglary
851
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY +100%
Criminal damage
1062
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
5
YoY +25%
Demographics in Bearwood & Merley
Ethnicity
White Brit.92.0%
Other White3.1%
+ other · 4.9%
Religion
Christian49.6%
No religion41.4%
Not answered6.5%
+ other · 2.5%
Age groups
50–6419.8%
35–4917.2%
65–7414.0%
25–3410.6%
75–849.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.0%
Households
All members 66+16.6%
Any member 66+15.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.7%
Other9.7%
+ 7 other households · 31.2%
Schools in Bearwood & Merley
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Bearwood Primary and Nursery School
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · BH11 9UN
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Merley First School
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · BH21 1SD
Good
1.5 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–9
Canford School
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · BH21 3AD
1.2 mi
Secondary with sixth formIndependentMixed · Ages 13–18
The White House School
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · BH21 3AP
0.3 mi
All-throughStateMixed · Ages 6–14
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Bearwood & Merley
Postcodes in Bearwood & Merley
BH11 8FEBH11 8NFBH11 8NGBH11 8NHBH11 8NJBH11 8NLBH11 8NNBH11 8NPBH11 8NRBH11 8NSBH11 8NTBH11 8NUBH11 8NWBH11 8NXBH11 8NYBH11 8NZBH11 8PABH11 8PBBH11 8PDBH11 8PEBH11 8PFBH11 8PGBH11 8PHBH11 8PJBH11 8PQBH11 8TFBH11 8TGBH11 8THBH11 8TJBH11 8TPBH11 8TRBH11 8TWBH11 9BBBH11 9FABH11 9FBBH11 9FDBH11 9FEBH11 9FNBH11 9FPBH11 9FQBH11 9FRBH11 9FSBH11 9FTBH11 9FUBH11 9FWBH11 9FXBH11 9FYBH11 9FZBH11 9GABH11 9GBBH11 9GDBH11 9GGBH11 9GHBH11 9GJBH11 9GLBH11 9GNBH11 9GPBH11 9GQBH11 9GRBH11 9GSBH11 9GTBH11 9GUBH11 9GWBH11 9GXBH11 9GYBH11 9GZBH11 9JXBH11 9LABH11 9LBBH11 9LDBH11 9LEBH11 9LFBH11 9LGBH11 9LJBH11 9LLBH11 9LNBH11 9LPBH11 9LQBH11 9LTBH11 9LUBH11 9LWBH11 9LXBH11 9LYBH11 9LZBH11 9NABH11 9NBBH11 9NDBH11 9NEBH11 9NFBH11 9NGBH11 9NHBH11 9NJBH11 9NLBH11 9NNBH11 9NPBH11 9NQBH11 9NRBH11 9NSBH11 9NTBH11 9NUBH11 9NWBH11 9NXBH11 9NYBH11 9NZBH11 9PABH11 9PBBH11 9PDBH11 9PEBH11 9PFBH11 9PGBH11 9PHBH11 9PJBH11 9PLBH11 9PNBH11 9PPBH11 9PQBH11 9PRBH11 9PSBH11 9PTBH11 9PU