Dorset 008A
NeighbourhoodNorth west Dorset. 1,902 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 19 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Dorset 008A is in decile 7.
How Dorset 008A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorset 008A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorset 008A at a rate of 57.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 31.1 per 1,000 people across Yetminster, Bradford Abbas & Longburton.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorset 008A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (57), violence and sexual offences (18) and burglary (12).
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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Dorset and not Dorset 008A alone. See Dorset
Dorset 008A in brief
Dorset 008A has a deprivation score of 12.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Dorset 008A was £387,500 in 2025.
Dorset 008A had 1,872 usual residents at the census.
In Dorset 008A, 49.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.