Bournemouth, Christchurch an

12°CClear

• Today: 22° / 11° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:30

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

381 reported · July 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences113
• Anti-social behaviour100
• Shoplifting66
• Criminal damage & arson21

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bournemouth North West · Dorset

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

707 reported road collisions (2024)

110 killed or seriously injured · 793 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 425 rated 4–5 ★ (383 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Christchurch Harbour

Source: Environment Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,399 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £919
• 2 bed £1,170
• 3 bed £1,457

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · ESSO (5.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (5.5 km)

23 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 166 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

385 CQC-registered services

• Care homes121
• GP practices59
• Dentists84
• Homecare agencies86
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

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

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

566 applications decided

81.6% granted · 462 granted, 104 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jessica Toale

Labour

Bournemouth West

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 9
• LD 28
• Grn 5
• Ref 3
• Oth 23

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

• Schools24
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens99
• Restaurants & cafés77

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£729 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% 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

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Wind 29% · Biomass 17% · Nuclear 13%

155 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership447 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s365 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office331 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test228 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership218 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 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 south of Moordown, 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)