Dorset 046C
NeighbourhoodSouth Dorset. 1,480 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.5 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Dorset 046C is in decile 7.
How Dorset 046C compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorset 046C safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorset 046C at a rate of 53.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 47.8 per 1,000 people across Wyke Regis.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 5 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorset 046C.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (24), shoplifting (23) and anti-social behaviour (16).
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 046C alone. See Dorset
Dorset 046C in brief
Dorset 046C has a deprivation score of 13.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Dorset 046C was £326,000 in 2025.
Dorset 046C had 1,460 usual residents at the census.
In Dorset 046C, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.