Dorset 022C
NeighbourhoodWest Dorset. 2,340 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 61 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Dorset 022C is in decile 5.
How Dorset 022C compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorset 022C safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorset 022C at a rate of 12.4 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, 1 case of crime and anti-social behaviour was recorded in Dorset 022C.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (10), other crime (8) and anti-social behaviour (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 022C alone. See Dorset
Dorset 022C in brief
Dorset 022C has a deprivation score of 18.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Dorset 022C was £361,250 in 2025.
Dorset 022C had 2,275 usual residents at the census.
In Dorset 022C, 52.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.