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Stour & Allen Vale · Dorset

Stour & Allen Vale: your neighbourhood

Stour & Allen Vale electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 36.1% here, compared with 31.5% across Dorset (4.6 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 11.2% here, compared with 15.1% across Dorset (3.9 percentage points lower).

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 13.1% here, compared with 15.8% across Dorset (2.7 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

27.3%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

1,355 out of 4,960.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

3.6%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

180 out of 4,963.

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People counted in the census

4,961

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

4,961 out of 4,961.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

36.1%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,513 out of 4,196.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

44.5%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

887 out of 1,995.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

11.2%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

224 out of 1,995.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

40.7%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,712 out of 4,202.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

57.3%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,408 out of 4,202.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.1%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

88 out of 4,202.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

13.1%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

549 out of 4,196.

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Homes rented privately

18%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

351 out of 1,996.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

30%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,260 out of 4,202.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

10%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

194 out of 1,996.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2%

21 March 2021 · Stour & Allen Vale

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

82 out of 4,202.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Stour & Allen Vale ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

141 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 150 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Stour & Allen Vale ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 8 mapped crimes in September 2024; 8 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Stour & Allen Vale
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 202480
October 2024103
November 2024150
December 2024173
January 202581
February 202541
March 202573
April 2025141
May 2025134
June 2025173
July 2025175
August 2025203
September 2025162
October 202591
November 202572
December 2025125
January 2026113
February 2026103
March 2026121
April 2026142
May 2026103
June 2026146
July 20261812
August 202689
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Stour & Allen Vale
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime63
criminal damage arson22
other theft20
vehicle crime12
burglary8
other crime7
public order4
shoplifting3
drugs2
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Dorset →