DT1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dorchester and Poundbury, in Dorset.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DT1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DT1, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DT1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DT1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DT1 at a rate of 72.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.2 per 1,000 people across DT.
In August 2026 alone, 149 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DT1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (547), anti-social behaviour (424) and shoplifting (205).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DT1 was 76.0 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in DT1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DT1 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DT1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset 031A | 1,529 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| Dorset 031B | 1,216 | 253.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.5% |
| Dorset 031C | 1,554 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| Dorset 031D | 1,457 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.6% |
| Dorset 032A | 1,325 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Dorset 032B | 1,466 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.6% |
| Dorset 032C | 2,453 | 87.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.2% |
| Dorset 032D | 1,541 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.1% |
| Dorset 034A | 1,625 | 87.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.2% |
| Dorset 034B | 1,740 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Dorset 034C | 1,459 | 18.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.8% |
| Dorset 034D | 1,244 | 10.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Dorset 034E | 1,449 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.7% |
| Dorset 034F | 1,300 | 13.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.7% |
Your MP
- Edward MorelloLiberal DemocratMP for West Dorset
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DT13
Postcode sectors in DT14
Council1
Towns in DT11
Postcode districts next to DT11
Nearest rail stations2
More in the DT postcode area2
DT1 in brief
DT1 is a postcode district covering Dorchester and Poundbury, in Dorset.
About 22,613 people lived in DT1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 446 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DT1 was £330,000 in 2025.
DT1 had 21,358 usual residents at the census.
In DT1, 89.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DT1, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.