Bournemouth, Christchurch an

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 8° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:36

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

• 5.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

336 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Shoplifting91
• Violence & sexual offences83
• Anti-social behaviour69
• Other theft19

6 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Bournemouth North West · Dorset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

677 reported road collisions (2025)

164 killed or seriously injured · 764 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 420 rated 4–5 ★ (379 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Bournemouth (2.5 km)
• 61 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,398 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £918
• 2 bed £1,169
• 3 bed £1,456

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

5,298 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (2.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (2.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

79 charging locations within ~8 km

• 33 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Leslie Road 2 (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches65
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

400,198 residents in Bournemouth, Christchurch an · 2,469/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK22,521
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK24,630
• Net moves−2,109

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 169 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,436 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 190,200)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

117 schools · 54,556 pupils

66 primary · 21 secondary · 30 other

Ofsted: 38 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

100 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bournemouth, Christchurch an

388 CQC-registered services

• Care homes120
• GP practices61
• Dentists85
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

• Not in the Green Belt
• 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

561 applications decided

82.9% granted · 465 granted, 96 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jessica Toale

Labour

Bournemouth West

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 9
• LD 27
• Grn 5
• Ref 3
• Oth 23

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools24
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens99
• Restaurants & cafés78

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,475 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£729 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,164 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 215,334 certificates

9.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

44% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 25% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 8%

222 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.5 women · 61.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in BH9

• Moordown Medical Centre
• James Fisher Medical Centre
• Denmark Road Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bournemouth West:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks182 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND179 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases175 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Minimum State Pension should equal the National Minimum Wage for under 18s.151 local signatures · 28,280 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK146 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Bournemouth Little Theatre Club · 0.1 km

  Bournemouth Little Theatre Club (BLTC) was founded in 1919 as The Bournemouth Dramatic and Orchestral Club and is the oldest amateur drama club in the Bournemouth / Poole / Christchurch area.

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  St John the Baptist's Church, Moordown · 0.2 km

  St John the Baptist's Church is a historic church in the Moordown area of Bournemouth, England.

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  Bournemouth Community Church · 0.2 km

  The Bournemouth Community Church is an Art Deco building in the Moordown area of Bournemouth, England.

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  Victoria Park, Dorset · 0.3 km

  Victoria Park is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset. The area is located south of Moordown and Redhill, north-west of Winton and east of Talbot Village, Wallisdown and Ensbury Park.

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  Bournemouth F.C. · 0.5 km

  Bournemouth Football Club is an English football team currently playing in the Wessex League Premier Division, in the ninth tier of the English football league system. Their nickname is "The Poppies", and they are oft…

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  Victoria Park (Bournemouth) · 0.5 km

  Victoria Park, Bournemouth is a football ground in Victoria Park in Bournemouth and has been the home of Bournemouth F.C. since 1890. It was also a short lived greyhound racing track from 1928 to 1934.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)