Weymouth

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:40

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

• 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

436 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour140
• Violence & sexual offences136
• Shoplifting43
• Public order32

28 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Weymouth · Dorset

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

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 313 rated 4–5 ★ (298 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Weymouth (0.4 km)
• 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,589 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · ESSO (2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (0.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: KFC Weymouth (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

379,579 residents in Dorset · 152/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,765 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 187,680)

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

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

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

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

683 applications decided

91.7% granted · 626 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lloyd Hatton

Labour

South Dorset

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés121

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

423 jobs advertised · £33,184 avg

e.g. Branch Manager - Weymouth, Senior Support Worker, Senior Care Assistant Nights

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 66% · Wind 15% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 6%

270 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

5 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in DT4

• Weymouth Bay Medical Practice
• Wyke Regis & Lanehouse Medical Practice
• The Bridges Medical Ctr.

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Dorset:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers438 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks378 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases330 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence229 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK168 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• Melcombe Priory · 0.1 km

  Melcombe Priory was a Dominican priory in Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England.

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  Weymouth Harbour Tramway · 0.3 km

  The Weymouth Harbour Tramway was a heavy rail line running entirely on the streets of Weymouth, Dorset, England from a junction to the north of Weymouth station to Weymouth Quay station at Weymouth Harbour. Built in 1…

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  Melcombe Regis railway station · 0.3 km

  Melcombe Regis was a station on the Portland Branch Railway in the English county of Dorset. Opened in April 1909, it was sited at the north end of the bridge over Radipole Lake. The station was built to enable Portla…

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  Westham Halt railway station · 0.3 km

  Westham Halt was a small railway station in Westham on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset.

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  St Joseph's Church, Weymouth · 0.3 km

  St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It was designed by George Drysdale and built in 1933–34.

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  River Wey, Dorset · 0.3 km

  The River Wey is a chalk stream flowing through Dorset in south west England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)