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Uplyme

Uplyme is a town or village in Dorset, England, with 1 pharmacy, 1 park or green space, 12 restaurants and cafés, 7 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Axminster, 6.6 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Uplyme 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

9°CMist

  • Today: 15° / 8° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 14° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:49

9h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, 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▼ 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1
  • Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Axminster Rural · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial driving and vehicle offences (including road crime) The Axminster Neighbourhood Team and Devon and Cornwall Police are working…
  • Town centre and youth ASB Antisocial behaviour (ASB) is defined as 'behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment…

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

126 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 109 rated 4–5 ★ (98 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Axminster (5.9 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Axminster (5.9 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

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Holmbush Car Park (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds1

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
  • 104 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

Richard Foord

Liberal Democrat

Honiton and Sidmouth

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

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

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised · £50,085 avg

e.g. Ganger/Groundworks Gang, Site Manager, English Teacher

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

4% low-carbon electricity

Gas 96% · Wind 4%

377 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 · 1 pharmacy in DT7

  • Lyme Bay Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Honiton and Sidmouth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Uplyme · 0.5 km

    Uplyme is an English village and civil parish in East Devon on the Devon-Dorset border and the River Lym, adjacent to the Dorset coastal town of Lyme Regis. It has a population of approximately 1700 recounted as 1663…

  • The Woodroffe School · 0.9 km

    The Woodroffe School is a comprehensive school in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.

  • Furzehill Plantation · 0.9 km

    Furzehill Plantation is a woodland in Devon, England, near the village of Uplyme. It covers a total area of 1.22 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

  • Holcombe, East Devon · 1.1 km

    Holcombe is a hamlet in Uplyme civil parish in the district of East Devon in the English county of Devon.

  • Lyme Regis railway station · 1.1 km

    Lyme Regis railway station was the terminus of the Lyme Regis branch line, in the English county of Dorset. Serving the coastal resort town of Lyme Regis, it was sited high above the town centre as a result of the hil…

  • Ware, Devon · 1.6 km

    Ware is a hamlet in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The hamlet lies approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south-west from Lyme Regis, just off the Jurassic Coast.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Uplyme?
Uplyme is a town in Dorset, England, in the Dorset local authority.
How deprived is Uplyme?
The Dorset local authority, which includes Uplyme, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.