Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants
WardNorth east Dorset. About 5,223 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 78 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 23% of people in Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants at a rate of 31.4 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, 12 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (64), anti-social behaviour (38) and other crime (23).
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 Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants alone. See Dorset
Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants in brief
Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants had 4,976 usual residents at the census.
About 23% of people in Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.