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On Oxford Avenue, in Southbourne West
What it's like at BH6 5HS: every home that has sold on Oxford Avenue since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Oxford Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 39 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Oxford AvenueDetached | Aug 2024 | £584,800 | 130 m² | £4,498/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Oxford AvenueDetached | Jun 2006 | £270,000 | 132 m² | £2,045/m² | 2 |
| 4, Oxford AvenueDetached | May 2024 | £650,000 | 162 m² | £4,012/m² | 3 |
| 5, Oxford AvenueDetached | Mar 1998 | £89,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Oxford AvenueFlat | Aug 2024 | £258,000 | 70 m² | £3,686/m² | 2 |
| First Floor Flat, 6, Oxford AvenueFlat | May 2018 | £229,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Oxford AvenueFlat | Jun 2020 | £285,000 | 74 m² | £3,851/m² | 4 |
| 9, Oxford AvenueDetached | Apr 2022 | £575,000 | 97 m² | £5,928/m² | 2 |
| 9a, Oxford AvenueDetached | Oct 2024 | £430,000 | 91 m² | £4,725/m² | 1 |
| 10a, Oxford AvenueFlat | Nov 2002 | £96,000 | 65 m² | £1,477/m² | 1 |
| 12a, Oxford AvenueDetached | Sept 2010 | £165,000 | 58 m² | £2,845/m² | 2 |
| 14, Oxford AvenueDetached | Jun 2002 | £245,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Oxford AvenueOther | Oct 2025 | £304,000 | 96 m² | £3,167/m² | 4 |
| 17, Oxford AvenueDetached | Jun 2015 | £330,000 | 120 m² | £2,750/m² | 3 |
| 18a, Oxford AvenueFlat | May 1995 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Oxford AvenueDetached | Jul 2015 | £410,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Oxford AvenueDetached | Mar 2001 | £155,000 | 101 m² | £1,535/m² | 1 |
| 24, Oxford AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £68,500 | 209 m² | £328/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 24, Oxford AvenueFlat | Nov 1999 | £113,999 | – | – | 1 |
| 24a, Oxford AvenueFlat | Aug 2001 | £92,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Oxford AvenueDetached | May 2025 | £715,000 | 180 m² | £3,972/m² | 3 |
| 26, Oxford AvenueDetached | Jan 2000 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Oxford AvenueDetached | Jun 2022 | £802,000 | 162 m² | £4,951/m² | 1 |
| 28, Oxford AvenueDetached | Oct 2018 | £384,000 | 110 m² | £3,491/m² | 2 |
| 29, Oxford AvenueDetached | Nov 1995 | £83,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Oxford AvenueDetached | Jan 2026 | £850,000 | 258 m² | £3,295/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pokesdown, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Oxford Avenue, 200 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 1B, 755, 788); 67 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Pokesdown Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Avonwood Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Avonbourne Girls Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 53 · 17.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (1.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (4 km) and Bournemouth School (4.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op (BH5 2JB), 250 m away; Webster Family Butchers (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Beaufort Road Surgery (250 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Manhattan Nails is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 2.5 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 65% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 23 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Hub Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Brewhouse and Kitchen - Southbourne the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Homes are mostly flats (65%).
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Kings Park, 500 m away; for exercise, SoBo Fitness (200 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Fisherman`s Walk, 700 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 6.4 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 97 km.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
56 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | II | 140 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Bournemouth East constituency: Tom Hayes MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,479 (12.2%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 14%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
24 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BH6 5HS →
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 800 m away (TEF Bronze).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 24 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 84.9% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.7% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 39 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 40 min
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