Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown
Middle areaCentral Dorset. 12,684 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 273 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 97% of people in Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown at a rate of 25.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 53.9 per 1,000 people across Dorset.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 131 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 54 |
| Other crime | 43 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 40 |
| Vehicle crime | 20 |
| Burglary | 17 |
| Drug offences | 8 |
| Shoplifting | 5 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown at a rate of 25.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 53.9 per 1,000 people across Dorset.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 26 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (131), anti-social behaviour (54) and other crime (43).
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 Dorset
These figures are published for the whole of Dorset, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Dorset and not Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown alone. See Dorset
Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown in brief
The median price paid for a home in Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown was £385,000 in 2025.
Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown had 12,206 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown, 70.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.