Shaftesbury Town · Dorset · England
Updated September 2026
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Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School
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Shaftesbury School
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The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version not available.
Ivy Cross Garage
BCT · Shaftesbury
Wincombe Lane
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Wincombe Lane
BCT · Ivy Cross
Ivy Cross Garage
BCT · Shaftesbury
St. Edwards Close
BCT · Shaftesbury
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 003A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,284 of 33,755
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Published establishments
8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 470 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
642 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 215 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.