DT4 4HF

Melcombe Regis · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
DT4
Postcode sector
DT4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT3 4WB 0 m
DT4 0ZJ 0 m
DT4 4GB 0 m
DT4 4GR 0 m
DT4 4HA 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT4 4HF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT4
Postcode sector
DT4 4
Latitude
50.609198
Longitude
-2.456096
British National Grid easting
367,823
British National Grid northing
78,932

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04013390
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00104265
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 044B · E01020554
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 044 · E02004284

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. Kingfisher School

    Other independent special school

    949 m
  2. Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km
  3. Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,753
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,123
  • Anti social behaviour 603
  • Criminal damage and arson 229
  • Shoplifting 216
  • Public order 139

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • THE BRIDGES MEDICAL CTR.

    26 COMMERCIAL ROAD, WEYMOUTH, DT4 7DW

    ODS code J81073

    557 m

  • WEYMOUTH BAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    25 CRESCENT STREET, WEYMOUTH, DT4 7BY

    ODS code J81027

    855 m

  • CROSS ROAD SURGERY

    CROSS ROAD, WEYMOUTH, DT4 9QX

    ODS code J81075

    997 m

  • WYKE REGIS & LANEHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PORTLAND ROAD, WYKE REGIS, WEYMOUTH, DT4 9BE

    ODS code J81051

    2.1 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Commercial Road

    BCT · Weymouth

    0.0 miles
  • Commercial Road

    BCT · Weymouth

    0.0 miles
  • Commercial Road

    BCT · Weymouth

    0.1 miles
  • Town Bridge North

    BCT · Weymouth

    0.1 miles
  • Town Bridge

    BCT · Weymouth

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 044B, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,720 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
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

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Kingfisher School is the nearest published school at 949 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,753 published events cover 12 months, averaging 229.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,123 events.

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