Bournemouth

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:39

9h 37m 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

• 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

808 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour313
• Violence & sexual offences216
• Other theft51
• Shoplifting45

63 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bournemouth South · 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

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

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Bournemouth (1.3 km)
• 75 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: 169.9p · Asda (1.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (1.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

72 charging locations within ~8 km

• 29 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: NCP the Square (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches25
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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

• In a conservation area (Old Christchurch Road)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 87 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)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens30
• Restaurants & cafés213

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,475 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,172 jobs advertised · £40,820 avg

e.g. Nurse Functional Assessor, 7.5t Driver, Pharmacist Functional Assessor

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

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Wind 18% · Biomass 9% · Nuclear 8%

256 gCO₂/kWh · very 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 · 2 pharmacies in BH2

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

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  The Square, Bournemouth · 0.0 km

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  Bournemouth Air Festival · 0.1 km

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  Sacred Heart Church, Bournemouth · 0.1 km

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  Norfolk Royale Hotel · 0.1 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)