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North east Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. About 10,330 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 28 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Commons live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,335
2,325th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Commons compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

CommonsMiddle
Population33 wards, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · 2021
Population: every ward in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole33 areas from 8,811 to 17,794. The middle area is 11,011. Commons is 10,335.
10,33512th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares33 wards, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole33 areas from 0.0% to 40.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Commons is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage33 wards, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole33 areas from 59.9% to 99.8%. The middle area is 94.3%. Commons is 86.1%.
86.1%8th lowest
Claimant rate33 wards, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole33 areas from 1.2% to 6.6%. The middle area is 3.0%. Commons is 2.5%.
2.5%11th lowest

Is Commons safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Commons at a rate of 60.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 88.5 per 1,000 people across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 52 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Commons.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (180), anti-social behaviour (175) and other crime (94).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

These figures are published for the whole of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and not Commons alone. See Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Average house price
£310,176
Down 1.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,493
141st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.3×
Joint 115th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.5
Joint 128th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Commons in brief

Commons had 10,335 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Commons live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Commons, 86.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Commons, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.