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BH31 6AZ

Verwood · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Verwood
Ward
Verwood
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
BH31
Postcode sector
BH31 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH31 6WB 66 m
BH31 6AX 111 m
BH31 6BD 146 m
BH31 6BE 190 m
BH31 6GG 198 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH31 6AZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH31
Postcode sector
BH31 6
Latitude
50.867792
Longitude
-1.851670
British National Grid easting
410,534
British National Grid northing
107,599

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Verwood · E05012724
Parish or community
E04012819
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00171467
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 010D · E01020419
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 010 · E02004244

Postcode source versions

Explore BH31

Property

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9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Unit 2, Bessemer Close, Ebblake Industrial Estate, Verwood, BH31 6AZ 26 November 2025 £1,050,000
6, Bessemer Close, Ebblake Industrial Estate, Verwood, BH31 6AZ 10 July 2025 £1,320,000
9, Unit 2, Bessemer Close, Ebblake Industrial Estate, Verwood, BH31 6AZ 16 November 2023 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Emmanuel Church of England Middle School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.2 km

  2. Hillside Community First School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

  3. Verwood Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
163
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 58
  • Anti social behaviour 40
  • Vehicle crime 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Public order 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH31 6 residents
10,190

Age bands in BH31 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,652 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

991 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

2,261 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,894 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

2,878 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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
70.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
63%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
63%
Gigabit-capable
63%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
96.3%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE VERWOOD SURGERY

    15 STATION ROAD, VERWOOD, BH31 7PY

    ODS code J81030

    2.6 km

  • RINGWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE CLOSE, RINGWOOD, BH24 1JY

    ODS code J82039

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Ebblake Bridge

    BCT · Ebblake

    0.2 miles

  • Ebblake Bridge

    BCT · Ebblake

    0.2 miles

  • The Forestside

    BCT · Ebblake

    0.3 miles

  • The Forestside

    BCT · Ebblake

    0.3 miles

  • Woodlinken Close

    BCT · Verwood

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 010D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,553 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £682,500 from 4 recorded sales in BH31 6AZ. 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.

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Emmanuel Church of England Middle School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

163 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 58 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.