# Verwood Town in Dorset, South West. Verwood is a town in Dorset, South West. Median sale price £400,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 32.9 per 1,000 people. About 13,961 people. Town. Code E63006482. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) Verwood is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Verwood 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £400,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Verwood was £400,000 in 2025. Joint 186th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/verwood#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,706** (2021). Verwood had 13,706 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 442nd least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/verwood#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 13%** (2022). About 13% of people in Verwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/verwood#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.4%** (January 2026). In Verwood, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/verwood#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006482) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 13% of people in Verwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63006482) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 241 homes were sold in Verwood in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006482) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Verwood. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006482) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Verwood had 13,706 usual residents at the census. ## How Verwood compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Verwood | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £400,000 | 6th most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 13,706 | 52nd least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 13% | 20th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.4% | joint 52nd lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is Verwood safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Verwood at a rate of 32.9 per 1,000 people. That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Verwood. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (159), anti-social behaviour (115) and other crime (59). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Verwood was 37.9 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 Verwood, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Verwood has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Verwood | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dorset 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020416) | 1,518 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% | | [Dorset 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020417) | 1,144 | 10.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% | | [Dorset 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020418) | 1,541 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.2% | | [Dorset 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020419) | 2,034 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.8% | | [Dorset 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020420) | 1,452 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% | | [Dorset 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020412) | 1,419 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.9% | | [Dorset 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020413) | 1,476 | – | 10 | 98.8% | | [Dorset 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020414) | 1,969 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.6% | | [Dorset 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020415) | 1,497 | 12.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.2% | ## Your MP - [North Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-dorset): Simon Hoare (Conservative), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) ## Postcode districts covering Verwood [BH31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh31) ## Middle areas in Verwood [East Verwood](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/east-verwood), [West Verwood](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/west-verwood) ## Towns near Verwood [West Moors](https://openindex.co.uk/town/west-moors), [Ringwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ringwood), [Ferndown](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferndown), [Wimborne Minster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wimborne-minster), [Bournemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bournemouth), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch) ## Verwood in brief Verwood is a town in Dorset, South West. About 13,961 people lived in Verwood in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 241 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 32.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Verwood was £400,000 in 2025. Verwood had 13,706 usual residents at the census. About 13% of people in Verwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Verwood, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63006482 - Constituency: [North Dorset †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-dorset) - Council: [Dorset †](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.43 km² - People, mid-2024: 13,961* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 42 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [West Moors](https://openindex.co.uk/town/west-moors), [Ringwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ringwood), [Ferndown](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferndown), [Wimborne Minster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wimborne-minster), [Bournemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bournemouth), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch) ## Latest updates for Verwood - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63006482 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/verwood, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/verwood#f-house-sales-median-price. 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