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Corfe Mullen

Corfe Mullen is a village in Dorset, England, with a population of around 5,000. It has around 9 restaurants and cafés, 36 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Hamworthy, 4.3 km away. There were around 35 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Corfe Mullen area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bournemouth, Christchurch an area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 400,198 residents at roughly 2,469 people per km².

Council
Bournemouth, Christchurch an
County
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Police force
Dorset
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

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

Low crime56
Home affordability39
Affordable rents22
Good schools73
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation52
Employment45
Low council tax52

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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 69% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:29

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Crime

39 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences13
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Shoplifting3

Neighbourhood team: East Dorset Urban · Dorset

Local policing priorities

  • ASB (Anti-Social Behaviour) in Corfe Mullen Location: Corfe Mullen. Issue: - Youths in the local area have been causing a range of issues…
  • Drug Related ASB. Location : Leigh Park Estate Wimborne Issue: Residents are being affected by ASB of those who are dealing and using dru…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

100 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 79 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hamworthy (5.0 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hamworthy (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (4.5 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

32 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Station Approach (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools12
  • Sports pitches25
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

400,198 residents in Bournemouth, Christchurch an · 2,469/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,436 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 190,200)

A £1,624
B £1,894
C £2,165
D £2,436
E £2,977
F £3,518
G £4,059
H £4,871

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Avonbourne Boys' AcademyOutstanding
  • Bournemouth SchoolOutstanding
  • Bournemouth School for GirlsOutstanding
  • Corfe Hills SchoolGood
  • Magna AcademyGood
  • The Bishop of Winchester AcademyGood
  • The Bourne AcademyGood
  • The Grange SchoolGood
  • Twynham SchoolGood
  • Avonbourne Girls Academy
  • Glenmoor Academy
  • Highcliffe School
  • LeAF Studio
  • Oak Academy
  • Parkstone Grammar School
  • Poole Grammar School
  • Poole High School
  • St Aldhelm's Academy
  • St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
  • The Cornerstone Academy
  • Winton Academy

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

566 applications decided

81.6% granted · 462 granted, 104 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat

Mid Dorset and North Poole

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens34
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

18,315 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

19 jobs advertised · £33,601 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Imports 38% · Biomass 5% · Wind 4%

236 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Corfe Mullen · 0.4 km

    Corfe Mullen is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England, on the north-western urban fringe of the South East Dorset conurbation. The parish had a population of 10,374 at the 2021 census. It is served by six churche…

  • Castle Court School · 0.8 km

    Castle Court School is a co-educational, preparatory school located near the village of Corfe Mullen in the county of Dorset, England.

  • Cogdean Hundred · 1.2 km

    Cogdean Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:Canford Magna Charlton Marshall Corfe Mullen Hamworthy Lytchett Matravers Lytchett Minster Poole Sturminster Marshal…

  • Corfe Hills School · 1.2 km

    Corfe Hills School is a co-educational upper school in Broadstone, Poole, Dorset, England, in the urban fringe between Poole and Wimborne. The school became an academy in 2011. The school serves Corfe Mullen, Broadsto…

  • Stoney Down · 1.6 km

    Stoney Down or Stony Down is both a hill and an area of forested countryside in the county of Dorset, England, that has been designated an "Area of Great Landscape Value" (AGLV) in the East Dorset Local Plan. The fore…

  • St Hubert's Church, Corfe Mullen · 1.8 km

    St Hubert's Church is a 13th-century Church of England parish church in Corfe Mullen, a district of Wimborne, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is a Grade II* listed building and o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Corfe Mullen?
Corfe Mullen is a town in Dorset, England, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch an local authority.
How deprived is Corfe Mullen?
The Bournemouth, Christchurch an local authority, which includes Corfe Mullen, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.