Dorset 048A
NeighbourhoodSouth Dorset. 2,360 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.9 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Dorset 048A is in decile 5.
How Dorset 048A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorset 048A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorset 048A at a rate of 67.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 56.7 per 1,000 people across Southwell & Weston.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 10 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorset 048A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (49), anti-social behaviour (48) and criminal damage and arson (20).
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 048A alone. See Dorset
Dorset 048A in brief
Dorset 048A has a deprivation score of 17.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Dorset 048A was £260,000 in 2025.
Dorset 048A had 2,175 usual residents at the census.
In Dorset 048A, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.