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Stoborough

Stoborough is a town or village in Dorset, England, with 6 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Wareham, 2.7 km away. In June 2026, there were around 21 recorded street crimes, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Stoborough area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Dorset area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 379,579 residents at roughly 152 people per km².

Council
Dorset
County
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Police force
Dorset
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 118th of 294 English council areas — better than 60% of them.

Low crime86
Home affordability30
Affordable rents51
Good schools16
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation62
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

17°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:29

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Crime

28 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences12
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Shoplifting4
  • Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Purbeck North · Dorset

Local policing priorities

  • Forest & Heathland Fires Location: Wareham Forest and surrounding areas Issue: This is a seasonal risk during prolonged hot, dry weather…
  • Burglary, vehicle crime and criminal damage Location: Roberts Way and Recreation Ground, Upton Issue: There has been a recent increase in…

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

Road safety

686 reported road collisions (2024)

156 killed or seriously injured · 883 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

81 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 76 rated 4–5 ★ (71 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wareham (2.0 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wareham (1.9 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£325,410 average 1.6% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-06

Detached£515,144
Semi-detached£330,336
Terraced£264,807
Flat£167,991

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,051 average monthly rent 4.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £728
  • 2 bed £961
  • 3 bed £1,184

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (3.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (3.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Howard's Lane Car Park (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds3

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 197 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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 · 51,332 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 68 of 86 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

158inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Beaminster SchoolGood
  • Dorset Studio SchoolGood
  • Gillingham 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
  • 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

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
  • 194 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

662 applications decided

92.4% granted · 612 granted, 50 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 / Green coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

20,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £34,320 avg

e.g. AGENCY HCA – STOBOROUGH, DORSET & SURROUNDING AREAS

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 51% · Imports 43% · Wind 5% · Biomass 1%

230 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South 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

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

  • Stoborough · 0.2 km

    Stoborough is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated one mile to the south of the town of Wareham, and separated from it by the River Frome. Stoborough and nearby Stoborough Green form part of the c…

  • Stoborough Green · 0.7 km

    Stoborough Green is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated to the south of the village of Stoborough and about 2 kilometres south of the town of Wareham.

  • Wareham Castle and town defences · 1.0 km

    Wareham Castle and the town defences, known locally as the Walls, were fortifications in the town of Wareham in Dorset, England.

  • Wareham Priory · 1.0 km

    Wareham Priory was a monastery in Wareham, Dorset, England.

  • Lady St Mary Church, Wareham · 1.0 km

    The parish church of Lady St. Mary, Wareham is a church of Anglo-Saxon origin in the town of Wareham, Dorset, in England. The church is notable as the possible burial place of King Beorhtric, and for the discovery of…

  • Ridge, Dorset · 1.2 km

    Ridge is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the south bank of the River Frome, about half a mile due south east of the town of Wareham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Stoborough?
Stoborough is a town in Dorset, England, in the Dorset local authority.
How deprived is Stoborough?
The Dorset local authority, which includes Stoborough, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.