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DT3 6HL

Crossways · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Crossways
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
DT3
Postcode sector
DT3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT3 6HJ 92 m
DT3 6HQ 581 m
DT3 6HF 603 m
DT3 6HG 624 m
DT2 8NF 681 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT3 6HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT3
Postcode sector
DT3 6
Latitude
50.633984
Longitude
-2.366633
British National Grid easting
374,167
British National Grid northing
81,653

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Crossways · E05012695
Parish or community
E04003576
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00104158
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 036B · E01020537
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 036 · E02004279

Postcode source versions

Explore DT3

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
DT3 6 residents
8,920

Age bands in DT3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

1,188 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

718 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.3%

1,461 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.9%

2,496 residents

Age 65 and over
34.6%

3,098 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT3 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Holiday Club

    BCT · Osmington Mills

    0.5 miles

  • Osmington Garage

    BCT · Osmington

    1.1 miles

  • Osmington Garage

    BCT · Osmington

    1.2 miles

  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · Osmington

    1.2 miles

  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · Osmington

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 036B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,486 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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
Possible

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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