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DT9 3QU

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 6EB 5 m
DT9 6BL 82 m
DT9 6BW 87 m
DT9 6EX 90 m
DT9 6BT 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT9 3QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 3
Latitude
50.946747
Longitude
-2.531239
British National Grid easting
362,776
British National Grid northing
116,503

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
E00104217
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 004G · E01034380
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 004 · E02004269

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Sherborne School for Girls

    Other independent school

    293 m

  2. Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    815 m

  3. Sherborne Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    818 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
498
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 161
  • Anti social behaviour 140
  • Shoplifting 53
  • Other theft 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 34

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

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOTTON GROVE, SHERBORNE, DT9 4DL

    ODS code J81078

    1.4 km

  • THE APPLES MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST MILL LANE, SHERBORNE, DT9 3DG

    ODS code J81029

    1.6 km

  • MILBORNE PORT SURGERY

    GAINSBOROUGH, MILBOURNE PORT, SHERBORNE, DT9 5FH

    ODS code L85031

    4.8 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

  • Sherborne Hotel

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.1 miles

  • Sherborne Hotel

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.1 miles

  • Barton Gardens

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.2 miles

  • Barton Gardens

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.2 miles

  • Ridgeway Corner

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 004G, 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

23,805 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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 School for Girls is the nearest published school at 293 m.

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

Recorded crime

498 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 161 events.

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