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Lytchett Matravers

Lytchett Matravers is a town in Dorset, England, with a population of around 3,315. It has 13 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Holton Heath, 5.1 km away. There were around 11 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 Lytchett Matravers 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
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 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

10°CCloudy

  • Today: 15° / 10° · 18% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 8° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:47

9h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

63US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, 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

10 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Vehicle crime2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Purbeck North · Dorset

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting Location: Wareham town centre Issue: There is an emerging issue of retail causing harm to staff, customers and the wider comm…

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

48 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 39 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Holton Heath (5.1 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Holton Heath (5.1 km):

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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: 172.9p · Asda (8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: English Oak Vineyard (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds4

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 21 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

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
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

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

0 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in BH16

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Lytchett Matravers · 0.1 km

    Lytchett Matravers is a large village and civil parish in Dorset, England. The 2011 census recorded the parish as having 1,439 households and a population of 3,424.

  • Barrow Hill, Dorset · 0.8 km

    Barrow Hill is a small settlement in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A350 road approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Poole. It lies between Lytchett Matravers and Corfe Mullen, though is in the civil pari…

  • St Mary the Virgin, Lytchett Matravers · 1.2 km

    St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Lytchett Matravers in Dorset. Its parish is part of the Diocese of Salisbury. The building is Grade I listed.

  • Lytchett Heath · 1.8 km

    Lytchett Heath is an area of woods and farmland on the Dorset Heaths between the villages of Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster and the hamlet of Beacon Hill in the county of Dorset, England. Part of it is a reserve…

  • Lytchett Minster School · 2.3 km

    Lytchett Minster School is a comprehensive school, with about 1,400 students aged 11 to 18, and 100 teachers, in Lytchett Minster, just outside Upton, 4 miles (6 km) from Poole, Dorset, England.

  • Slepe · 2.6 km

    Slepe is a hamlet in the county of Dorset, England. It is located on the A35 east of Organford.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lytchett Matravers?
Lytchett Matravers is a town in Dorset, England, in the Dorset local authority.
What is the population of Lytchett Matravers?
Lytchett Matravers has an approximate settlement population of 3,315.
How deprived is Lytchett Matravers?
The Dorset local authority, which includes Lytchett Matravers, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.