Chalk Valleys
WardNorth west Dorset. About 4,859 people in 162 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Chalk Valleys live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Chalk Valleys compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Chalk Valleys safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chalk Valleys at a rate of 37.2 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, 3 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chalk Valleys.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (27), criminal damage and arson (19) and anti-social behaviour (10).
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 ward, so they describe all of Dorset and not Chalk Valleys alone. See Dorset
Chalk Valleys in brief
Chalk Valleys had 4,785 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Chalk Valleys live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chalk Valleys, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Chalk Valleys, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.