Poole

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:38

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

57US AQI · Moderate

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

338 reported · August 2026▲ 44% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour117
• Violence & sexual offences88
• Vehicle crime36
• Shoplifting23

15 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Poole 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)

469 food businesses within 2 miles

• 360 rated 4–5 ★ (331 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Poole (0.6 km)
• 61 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: 167.9p · Asda (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (8.7 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

47 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Old Orchard (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches30
• 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)

• 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 (Town Centre Heritage)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 173 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

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour

Poole

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)

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés77

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,475 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,531 jobs advertised · £39,117 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - Bridgwater, Roadside Technician - South West, Roadside Rescue Mechanic

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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 68% · Wind 18% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

278 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

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in BH15

• Medical Centre
• Dorset Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
• The Adam Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Poole:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks305 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND203 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth187 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases162 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately142 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Bull's Head Inn, Poole · 0.1 km

  The Bull's Head Inn was a pub located at 73–75 High Street in Poole, Dorset, England. The building, now used by a recruitment agency, is the oldest building on central Poole High Street, and is a Grade II* listed buil…

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  Poole United Reformed Church · 0.1 km

  Skinner Street United Reformed Church is the oldest church in Poole, Dorset, England. The current building is the only eighteenth century church building in Poole, and is a Grade II* listed building. The church has a…

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  Poole Guildhall · 0.2 km

  Poole Guildhall is a municipal building in Market Street, Poole, Dorset, England. The guildhall, which is used as a register office and a venue for weddings and civil partnership ceremonies, is a Grade II* listed buil…

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  Statue of Robert Baden-Powell, Poole · 0.3 km

  A statue of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting, is installed on the Quay in Poole harbour, Dorset on the south coast of England. The statue, erected in 2008, is a life-size bronze of Robert Baden-Powell by sculp…

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  Poole · 0.3 km

  Poole is a coastal seaport town, on the south coast of England and civil parish in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area in Dorset, England. The town is 21 miles (34 km) east of Dorchester and…

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  Poole Methodist Church · 0.3 km

  Poole Methodist Church is a nineteenth-century Methodist church on Poole High Street in Dorset, England. An extension to the church was nominated for the 2016 Carbuncle Cup for "the ugliest building in the United King…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)