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BH31 7BU

Verwood · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Verwood
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
BH31
Postcode sector
BH31 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH31 7BN 22 m
BH31 7BX 40 m
BH31 7DQ 58 m
BH31 7BY 68 m
BH31 7BZ 75 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH31 7BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH31
Postcode sector
BH31 7
Latitude
50.886085
Longitude
-1.885147
British National Grid easting
408,175
British National Grid northing
109,629

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
E00103442
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 012D · E01020414
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 012 · E02004245

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
2

  1. Trinity Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    386 m

  2. Hillside Community First School

    Academy converter

    901 m

  3. Emmanuel Church of England Middle School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
287
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 107
  • Anti social behaviour 60
  • Shoplifting 38
  • Criminal damage and arson 23
  • Public order 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH31 7 residents
3,464

Age bands in BH31 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

450 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

273 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

537 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

857 residents

Age 65 and over
30.2%

917 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+
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%

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

    563 m

  • THE CRANBORNE PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, PENNYS LANE, CRANBORNE, WIMBORNE, BH21 5QE

    ODS code J81058

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Dewlands Road

    BCT · Dewlands Common

    0.3 miles

  • Dewlands Road

    BCT · Dewlands Common

    0.3 miles

  • Fire Station

    BCT · Dewlands Common

    0.3 miles

  • Fire Station

    BCT · Dewlands Common

    0.3 miles

  • The Albion Inn

    BCT · Romford

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 012D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,135 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Trinity Church of England First School is the nearest published school at 386 m.

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

Recorded crime

287 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 107 events.

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