South East Purbeck
WardSouth east Dorset. About 4,169 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 142 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 24% of people in South East Purbeck live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South East Purbeck compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South East Purbeck safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South East Purbeck at a rate of 36.9 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, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South East Purbeck.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (42), other crime (33) and anti-social behaviour (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 South East Purbeck alone. See Dorset
South East Purbeck in brief
South East Purbeck had 4,132 usual residents at the census.
About 24% of people in South East Purbeck live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South East Purbeck, 43.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South East Purbeck, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.