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DT7

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Lyme Regis and Uplyme, in Dorset and East Devon.

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 DT7 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In DT7, 47.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£479,500
335th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
5,454
485th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
47.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How DT7 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

DT7Middle
Median sale price11 postcode districts, DT · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in DT11 areas from £235,000 to £479,500. The middle area is £342,500. DT7 is £479,500.
£479,500most expensive
Population11 postcode districts, DT · 2021
Population: every postcode district in DT11 areas from 5,454 to 37,647. The middle area is 21,671. DT7 is 5,454.
5,454least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage11 postcode districts, DT · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in DT11 areas from 47.3% to 90.0%. The middle area is 79.1%. DT7 is 47.5%.
47.5%2nd lowest
Claimant rate11 postcode districts, DT · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in DT11 areas from 1.7% to 3.2%. The middle area is 2.2%. DT7 is 2.1%.
2.1%joint 3rd lowest

Is DT7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DT7 at a rate of 37.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 60.2 per 1,000 people across DT.

In August 2026 alone, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DT7.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (79), anti-social behaviour (43) and other crime (33).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DT7 was 60.4 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 DT7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DT7 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in DT7

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Dorset 023B1,58958.2 per 1,000830.9%
Dorset 023C2,15338.3 per 1,000459.7%
East Devon 007E2,54921.0 per 1,000745.2%

MPs for DT7

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Postcode sectors in DT71

Councils DT7 covers2

Postcode districts next to DT73

More in the DT postcode area2

DT7 in brief

DT7 is a postcode district covering Lyme Regis and Uplyme, in Dorset and East Devon.

About 5,284 people lived in DT7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £479,500 in 2025 across 79 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in DT7 was £479,500 in 2025.

DT7 had 5,454 usual residents at the census.

In DT7, 47.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In DT7, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.