Dorset 031A
NeighbourhoodSouth west Dorset. 1,598 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Dorset 031A is in decile 8.
How Dorset 031A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorset 031A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorset 031A at a rate of 93.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 117.0 per 1,000 people across Dorchester North.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorset 031A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (71), anti-social behaviour (19) and other crime (18).
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 031A alone. See Dorset
Dorset 031A in brief
Dorset 031A has a deprivation score of 9.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Dorset 031A was £300,000 in 2025.
Dorset 031A had 1,529 usual residents at the census.
In Dorset 031A, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.