Underhill & The Grove
Middle areaSouth Dorset. 6,212 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Underhill & The Grove live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Underhill & The Grove
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Underhill & The Grove at a rate of 78.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 53.9 per 1,000 people across Dorset.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 252 |
| Other crime | 87 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 86 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 32 |
| Drug offences | 10 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Shoplifting | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Underhill & The Grove compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Underhill & The Grove safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Underhill & The Grove at a rate of 78.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 53.9 per 1,000 people across Dorset.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Underhill & The Grove.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (252), other crime (87) and anti-social behaviour (86).
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 middle area, so they describe all of Dorset and not Underhill & The Grove alone. See Dorset
Underhill & The Grove in brief
The median price paid for a home in Underhill & The Grove was £212,750 in 2025.
Underhill & The Grove had 6,196 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Underhill & The Grove live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Underhill & The Grove, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.