Moving to Portland, Dorset? What you need to know

So you are thinking of moving to Portland in Dorset? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Portland is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Portland the land of milk and honey or are Chickerell, Dorchester and Weymouth a lot better? Time to find out.

Crime in Portland

Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Portland. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.

Polcing Area	Voilent Crimes
Southill	43
Southlands	27
Lanehouse	26
Chesil	23
Fortuneswell	23
Isle of Portland	22
Castletown	14
Southwell	7
Charlestown	5
Bill Of Portland	0

The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Portland. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Portland. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.

Ward	Average rank in England
Westham (Best)	15632/32845
Portland	17600/32845
Rodwell & Wyke	19997/32845
Radipole	20754/32845
Littlemoor & Preston	20950/32845
Chickerell	23317/32845
Crossways	25916/32845
West Purbeck	27904/32845
Upwey & Broadwey	28299/32845
Melcombe Regis (Worst)	6870/32845

Reader Opinion:

The Isle of Portland: The jewel in Dorset's butt cheeks

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Your Health in Portland

If you are thinking of moving to Portland, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Portland compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;

Local Authority	Very Bad	Bad	Fair	Good	Very Good
New Forest	1.08%	3.81%	14.09%	35.87%	45.15%
East Devon	1.13%	3.99%	15.07%	36.02%	43.79%

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Portland. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Portland. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;

Ward	Average rank in England
Radipole (Best)	11422/32845
Upwey & Broadwey	12134/32845
Melcombe Regis	1227/32845
Chickerell	13231/32845
West Purbeck	20448/32845
Crossways	22141/32845
Westham	6062/32845
Portland	7942/32845
Rodwell & Wyke	9183/32845
Littlemoor & Preston (Worst)	9598/32845

Reader Opinion:

Sherborne, a hideously deranged town that looks great from afar

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Deprivation in Portland

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Portland. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.

Ward	Average rank in England
Portland (Best)	10048/32845
Rodwell & Wyke	12931/32845
Radipole	17473/32845
Littlemoor & Preston	17564/32845
Chickerell	18355/32845
West Purbeck	18437/32845
Upwey & Broadwey	19755/32845
Crossways	21201/32845
Melcombe Regis	3293/32845
Westham (Worst)	8823/32845

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