# West Moors Town in Dorset, South West. West Moors is a town in Dorset, South West. Median sale price £375,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 47.7 per 1,000 people. About 10,258 people. Town. Code E63006577. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) West Moors is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for West Moors 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: £375,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in West Moors was £375,000 in 2025. Joint 226th 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/west-moors#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 10,432** (2021). West Moors had 10,432 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 256th 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/west-moors#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in West Moors 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/west-moors#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 78.0%** (January 2026). In West Moors, 78.0% 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/west-moors#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63006577) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in West Moors 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=E63006577) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 189 homes were sold in West Moors in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63006577) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for West Moors. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63006577) (Census 2021, England and Wales): West Moors had 10,432 usual residents at the census. ## How West Moors compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | West Moors | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £375,000 | 13th most expensive | 116 towns, South West · 2025 | | Population | 10,432 | 27th least populated | 116 towns, South West · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 116 towns, South West · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 78.0% | 18th lowest | 116 towns, South West · Jan 2026 | ## Is West Moors safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Moors at a rate of 47.7 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, 60 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Moors. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (157), violence and sexual offences (154) and other crime (66). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in West Moors was 48.3 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 West Moors, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so West Moors has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in West Moors | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dorset 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020421) | 1,315 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.2% | | [Dorset 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020422) | 1,621 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 66.5% | | [Dorset 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020423) | 1,453 | 24.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.7% | | [Dorset 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020424) | 1,383 | 13.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% | | [Dorset 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020425) | 1,631 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 64.6% | | [Dorset 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020393) | 1,524 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.8% | | [Dorset 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/neighbourhood/e01020394) | 1,719 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.4% | ## Your MP - [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/christchurch): Sir Christopher Chope (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 West Moors [BH22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh22) ## Middle areas in West Moors [West Moors](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset/west-moors) ## Towns near West Moors [Ferndown](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferndown), [Wimborne Minster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wimborne-minster), [Verwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/verwood), [Bournemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bournemouth), [Ringwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ringwood), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch) ## West Moors in brief West Moors is a town in Dorset, South West. About 10,258 people lived in West Moors in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 189 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in West Moors was £375,000 in 2025. West Moors had 10,432 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in West Moors live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In West Moors, 78.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63006577 - Constituency: [Christchurch †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/christchurch) - Council: [Dorset †](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) - Region: [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-west) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.50 km² - People, mid-2024: 10,258* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 37 * 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 [Ferndown](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferndown), [Wimborne Minster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wimborne-minster), [Verwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/verwood), [Bournemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bournemouth), [Ringwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ringwood), [Christchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/christchurch) ## Latest updates for West Moors - 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/E63006577 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/west-moors, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/west-moors#f-house-sales-median-price. 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