Bearwood

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:37

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US 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

131 reported · August 2026▲ 49% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences52
• Anti-social behaviour28
• Shoplifting13
• Vehicle crime11

1 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)

231 food businesses within 2 miles

• 194 rated 4–5 ★ (177 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Branksome (4.9 km)
• 40 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 (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (6.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

81 charging locations within ~8 km

• 34 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: EVC The Bridge House Hotel (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds12

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
• 14 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

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat

Mid Dorset and North Poole

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)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,475 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £28,000 avg

e.g. Work from Home Independent Contractor, Internet Crowd Worker, Work from Home (Researcher)

Source: Adzuna

£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 54% · Wind 24% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 9%

225 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

0 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in BH11

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Dorset and North Poole:

• Cap Academy Trust CEO Pay and Protect School Funding for Children646 local signatures · 3,666 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks315 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND201 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months194 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Bearwood, Dorset · 0.4 km

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• Oak Academy · 1.0 km

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• AFC Bournemouth Under-21s and Academy · 1.3 km

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  Knighton Heath · 1.4 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)