Polesworth and Dordon
TownTown in North Warwickshire, West Midlands.
Polesworth and Dordon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Polesworth and Dordon add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 71% of people in Polesworth and Dordon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Polesworth and Dordon compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Polesworth and Dordon safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Polesworth and Dordon at a rate of 72.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 47 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Polesworth and Dordon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (208), anti-social behaviour (124) and other crime (93).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Polesworth and Dordon was 81.2 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 Polesworth and Dordon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Polesworth and Dordon has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Polesworth and Dordon
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Warwickshire 001C | 2,001 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.2% |
| North Warwickshire 001E | 1,551 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| North Warwickshire 001F | 1,746 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.5% |
| North Warwickshire 002B | 1,662 | 122.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 75.2% |
| North Warwickshire 002C | 1,552 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
Your MP
- Rachel TaylorLabourMP for North Warwickshire and Bedworth
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Polesworth and Dordon1
Towns near Polesworth and Dordon6
Polesworth and Dordon in brief
Polesworth and Dordon is a town in North Warwickshire, West Midlands.
About 7,868 people lived in Polesworth and Dordon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £229,000 in 2025 across 128 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Polesworth and Dordon was £229,000 in 2025.
Polesworth and Dordon had 7,552 usual residents at the census.
About 71% of people in Polesworth and Dordon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Polesworth and Dordon, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.