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DT9 3HA

Sherborne West · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Sherborne West
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT9 3HF 3 m
DT9 3HD 40 m
DT9 3HS 72 m
DT9 3EY 90 m
DT9 3HJ 105 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT9 3HA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2007
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 3
Latitude
50.945187
Longitude
-2.520147
British National Grid easting
363,554
British National Grid northing
116,324

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Sherborne West · E05012717
Parish or community
E04003593
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00104218
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 004D · E01020546
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 004 · E02004269

Postcode source versions

Explore DT9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Sherborne Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    234 m

  2. Sherborne School

    Other independent school

    284 m

  3. Sherborne School for Girls

    Other independent school

    631 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
573
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 204
  • Anti social behaviour 154
  • Shoplifting 53
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Other theft 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DT9 3 residents
3,903

Age bands in DT9 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.2%

440 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.2%

475 residents

Age 25 to 44
11.8%

425 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.4%

771 residents

Age 65 and over
41.5%

1,499 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE APPLES MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST MILL LANE, SHERBORNE, DT9 3DG

    ODS code J81029

    877 m

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOTTON GROVE, SHERBORNE, DT9 4DL

    ODS code J81078

    1.0 km

  • MILBORNE PORT SURGERY

    GAINSBOROUGH, MILBOURNE PORT, SHERBORNE, DT9 5FH

    ODS code L85031

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Horsecastles

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.1 miles

  • Durrant Close

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.1 miles

  • Acreman Place

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.1 miles

  • Horsecastles

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.1 miles

  • Digby Road

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 004D, 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

18,655 of 33,755

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

11 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Sherborne Preparatory School is the nearest published school at 234 m.

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

Recorded crime

573 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 204 events.

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