Sherborne Rural
WardNorth west Dorset. About 5,083 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 109 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 70% of people in Sherborne Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Sherborne Rural compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sherborne Rural safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sherborne Rural at a rate of 37.6 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, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sherborne Rural.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (58), violence and sexual offences (34) 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 Sherborne Rural alone. See Dorset
Sherborne Rural in brief
Sherborne Rural had 4,953 usual residents at the census.
About 70% of people in Sherborne Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sherborne Rural, 58.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Sherborne Rural, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.