Dorchester West
WardSouth west Dorset. About 9,486 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Dorchester West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Dorchester West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorchester West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorchester West at a rate of 101.7 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, 72 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorchester West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (238), anti-social behaviour (176) and shoplifting (133).
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 Dorchester West alone. See Dorset
Dorchester West in brief
Dorchester West had 9,069 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Dorchester West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dorchester West, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dorchester West, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.