Dorset 031D
NeighbourhoodSouth west Dorset. 1,877 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 031D is in decile 6.
How Dorset 031D compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorset 031D safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorset 031D at a rate of 54.3 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, 4 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorset 031D.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (44), anti-social behaviour (29) and other crime (14).
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 031D alone. See Dorset
Dorset 031D in brief
Dorset 031D has a deprivation score of 15.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Dorset 031D was £360,000 in 2025.
Dorset 031D had 1,457 usual residents at the census.
In Dorset 031D, 87.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.