Dorset 022B
NeighbourhoodSouth west Dorset. 2,646 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.9 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Dorset 022B is in decile 6.
How Dorset 022B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorset 022B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorset 022B at a rate of 19.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 25.2 per 1,000 people across Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 2 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorset 022B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (26), vehicle crime (5) and criminal damage and arson (5).
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 022B alone. See Dorset
Dorset 022B in brief
Dorset 022B has a deprivation score of 16.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Dorset 022B was £318,000 in 2025.
Dorset 022B had 2,423 usual residents at the census.
In Dorset 022B, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.