The Civic Grid · your area
Dorset
Who runs the council
LD/GRN
held since 2024 · Open Council Data UK
Crime
4,593
offences, 3 months to 2025-12 · Home Office
The average home
£326,381
at 2026-05 · HM Land Registry
Median weekly pay
£621
2025 · ONS ASHE
People
389,947
mid-2024 estimate · ONS
The record
The average home here (£326,381) costs the equivalent of 10.1 years of the area's median pay (£621 a week, 2025). The two figures are shown together; no cause is implied.
Crimes recorded in the three months to 2025-12: 4,593 - 15% lower than a year earlier (5,400).
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