Ferndown West & Canford Bottom
Middle areaEast Dorset. 6,403 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 10 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 6% of people in Ferndown West & Canford Bottom live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Ferndown West & Canford Bottom
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ferndown West & Canford Bottom at a rate of 42.2 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 |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 83 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 73 |
| Other crime | 41 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 26 |
| Shoplifting | 15 |
| Vehicle crime | 13 |
| Burglary | 10 |
| Drug offences | 8 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Ferndown West & Canford Bottom compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Ferndown West & Canford Bottom safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ferndown West & Canford Bottom at a rate of 42.2 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, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ferndown West & Canford Bottom.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (83), violence and sexual offences (73) and other crime (41).
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 Ferndown West & Canford Bottom alone. See Dorset
Ferndown West & Canford Bottom in brief
The median price paid for a home in Ferndown West & Canford Bottom was £380,000 in 2025.
Ferndown West & Canford Bottom had 6,326 usual residents at the census.
About 6% of people in Ferndown West & Canford Bottom live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ferndown West & Canford Bottom, 84.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.