Property market
The five-year median is £400,000 from 1,231 recorded sales in BH31. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.
BH31
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 432
- Current units
- 301
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East, South West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 131
Postcode sectors in BH31
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,075 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 14, Albion Way, Verwood, BH31 7LR | 29 July 2026 | £525,000 |
| 10, Shires Mead, Verwood, BH31 6LD | 20 July 2026 | £285,000 |
| 53, Coopers Lane, Verwood, BH31 7PG | 17 July 2026 | £300,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 4
- Primary
- 3
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 377
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 133
- Anti social behaviour 82
- Shoplifting 40
- Criminal damage and arson 31
- Public order 24
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BH31 usual residents
- 13,654
- Age-profile population
- 13,710
Age bands in BH31
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.3%
- 2,102 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.2%
- 1,264 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.4%
- 2,798 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- 3,751 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 27.7%
- 3,795 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 299 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 269 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 229 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
THE VERWOOD SURGERY
15 STATION ROAD, VERWOOD, BH31 7PY
ODS code J81030
Evidence in context
Schools
4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
377 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 133 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.