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Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock is a village in Dorset, England, with a population of around 682. There are 5 bus stops serving the area. In June 2026, there were around 4 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Burton Bradstock area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Dorset area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 379,579 residents at roughly 152 people per km².

Council
Dorset
County
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Police force
Dorset
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 123rd of 294 English council areas — better than 58% of them.

Low crime85
Home affordability30
Affordable rents51
Good schools16
Life expectancy86
Low deprivation59
Employment82
Low council tax0

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:41

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

6 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Bridport · Dorset

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social use of vehicles Location: West Bay Issue: Vehicles are being used and driven in an anti-social manner around West Bay causing…
  • Shoplifting Location: Bridport town centre (South Street, East Street and West Street) Issue: There is an emerging crime series of theft…

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

Road safety

675 reported road collisions (2025)

215 killed or seriously injured · 893 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

68 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 54 rated 4–5 ★ (50 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Maiden Newton (14.1 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£328,589 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-08

Detached£519,998
Semi-detached£333,127
Terraced£267,978
Flat£169,474

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,056 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £732
  • 2 bed £967
  • 3 bed £1,191

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

Affordability

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

5,771 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (3.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (3.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: DRC West Bay Road Car Park 1 (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches2
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

379,579 residents in Dorset · 152/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 55%
  • 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,787
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,709
  • Net moves+4,078

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 174 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,765 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 187,680)

A £1,843
B £2,151
C £2,458
D £2,765
E £3,379
F £3,994
G £4,608
H £5,530

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

Schools

184 schools · 49,648 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 67 of 85 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Beaminster SchoolGood
  • Dorset Studio SchoolGood
  • Shaftesbury SchoolGood
  • The Blandford SchoolGood
  • The Swanage SchoolGood
  • The Woodroffe SchoolGood
  • Wey Valley AcademyGood
  • All Saints' Church of England AcademyRequires improvement
  • Budmouth Academy WeymouthRequires improvement
  • Queen Elizabeth's SchoolRequires improvement
  • Ferndown Upper School
  • Gillingham School
  • Lytchett Minster School
  • Sturminster Newton High School
  • The Gryphon School
  • The Purbeck School
  • The Sir John Colfox Academy
  • The Thomas Hardye School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Burton Bradstock Conservation Area 1)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 66 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

683 applications decided

91.7% granted · 626 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat

West Dorset

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 2
  • Con 30
  • LD 42
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £39,865 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant G5 - Burton Bradstock Primary School, Teaching Assistant G5

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,403 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 186,790 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 94% · Wind 6%

372 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in DT6

  • Ammonite Health Partnership

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Dorset:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Burton Bradstock · 0.1 km

    Burton Bradstock is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, approximately 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) southeast of Bridport and 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) inland from the English Channel at Chesil Beach. In the 2011 census the p…

  • River Bride, Dorset · 0.9 km

    The River Bride is a river in Dorset, England, situated between the towns of Dorchester and Bridport. The river is a chalk stream and runs through the Bride Valley, a distinct landscape area in the Dorset National Lan…

  • River Asker · 2.2 km

    The River Asker is a small river in Dorset, England. It rises on the chalk slopes of Eggardon Hill, approximately five miles (8 km) east of Bridport. It flows west-northwest through the villages of Askerswell to which…

  • Shipton Gorge · 2.3 km

    Shipton Gorge is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bridport. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of Shipton Gorge parish is 350. In the 2011…

  • Bridport West Bay railway station · 2.4 km

    West Bay railway station was the terminus of the Bridport Railway in western Dorset, England.

  • St John's Church, West Bay · 2.5 km

    St John's Church is a Church of England church in West Bay, Dorset, England. It was built in 1935–39 to the designs of William Henry Randoll Blacking and has been a Grade II listed building since 1975.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Burton Bradstock?
Burton Bradstock is a town in Dorset, England, in the Dorset local authority.
What is the population of Burton Bradstock?
Burton Bradstock has an approximate settlement population of 682.
How deprived is Burton Bradstock?
The Dorset local authority, which includes Burton Bradstock, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.