Dorset 015A
NeighbourhoodEast Dorset. 1,650 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.1 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Dorset 015A is in decile 8.
How Dorset 015A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dorset 015A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dorset 015A at a rate of 45.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 39.2 per 1,000 people across St Leonards.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dorset 015A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (26), violence and sexual offences (18) and other crime (13).
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.
Figures for the whole of Dorset
These figures are published for the whole of Dorset, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Dorset and not Dorset 015A alone. See Dorset
Dorset 015A in brief
Dorset 015A has a deprivation score of 8.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Dorset 015A had 1,644 usual residents at the census.
In Dorset 015A, 47.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dorset 015A, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.