Bearwood

17°CCloudy

• Today: 18° / 10° · 8% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:37

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

136 reported · July 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences46
• Anti-social behaviour41
• Criminal damage & arson12
• Shoplifting10

1 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)

231 food businesses within 2 miles

• 194 rated 4–5 ★ (176 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

£1,399 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: 162.9p · Asda (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (10.6 km)

23 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)

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
• 14 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

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat

Mid Dorset and North Poole

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)

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £30,375 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Bearwood – Flexible Schedule, Online Italian Tutoring Job in Bearwood – Flexible Schedule, Internet Crowd Worker

Source: Adzuna

£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

57% low-carbon electricity

Solar 36% · Imports 30% · Gas 14% · Wind 12%

81 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 · 3,627 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test320 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership286 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Bearwood, Dorset · 0.4 km

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• LeAF Studio · 0.7 km

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  Bear Cross · 0.7 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

  Knighton Heath is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset in England. Knighton Heath is south of Bearwood, west of Wallisdown and West Howe, and north of Alderney.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)