Dorset 034A
NeighbourhoodSouth west Dorset. 1,736 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.4 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Dorset 034A is in decile 3.
How Dorset 034A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorset 034A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorset 034A at a rate of 87.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 39.2 per 1,000 people across Dorchester East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 14 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorset 034A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (47), shoplifting (43) and anti-social behaviour (25).
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 034A alone. See Dorset
Dorset 034A in brief
Dorset 034A has a deprivation score of 27.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Dorset 034A was £203,000 in 2025.
Dorset 034A had 1,625 usual residents at the census.
In Dorset 034A, 84.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.