2,119
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 57%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
22 · 4.0 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£566,250
Median property price
280
Postcodes
Overview of Beacon
Coordinates50.9595, -2.2076
Postcodes
280
Population (Census)
5,441
Households (Census)
2,119
Recorded crime · May '26
22 · 4.0 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Beacon
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 4.79 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.79 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Beacon
Property sales · Beacon
HM Land Registry · Beacon
Average price
£523,840
YoY: +3.6%
Median price: £503,306
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
May '24 – Apr '26Apr '26: 4 sales · avg £566,250
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£820k£615k£410k
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Beacon
Crime trends · Beacon
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
1680
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
11
YoY -21%
ASB
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
3
YoY stable
Vehicle Crime
210
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY stable
Burglary
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Criminal damage
320
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY +100%
Demographics in Beacon
Ethnicity
White Brit.91.8%
Other White3.2%
+ other · 4.9%
Religion
Christian56.9%
No religion33.3%
Not answered7.1%
Other religion1.1%
+ other · 1.7%
Age groups
50–6425.1%
65–7416.8%
35–4913.7%
75–8410.4%
25–348.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.7%
Households
All members 66+21.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children18.6%
Any member 66+15.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.6%
Other9.3%
+ 7 other households · 23.6%
Schools in Beacon
Open state schools in this area, ranked by distance from the area centre.
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
1.3 kmPrimary· Shaftesbury
Clayesmore Preparatory School
3.2 kmAll-through· Blandford Forum
Clayesmore School
3.2 kmAll-through· Blandford Forum
Stower Provost Community School
6.3 kmPrimary· Gillingham
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Beacon
Postcodes in Beacon
DT10 1DNDT10 1EXDT10 1EYDT10 1EZDT10 1GRDT10 1HADT10 1HBDT10 1HTDT10 1HUDT10 1HXDT10 1HYDT10 1HZDT10 1JADT10 1JBDT10 1JDDT10 1JHDT10 2BZDT10 2DADT10 2DBDT11 8DRDT11 8DWDT11 8FLDT11 8FPDT11 8FZDT11 8LADT11 8LBDT11 8LEDT11 8LFDT11 8LGDT11 8LHDT11 8LJDT11 8LLDT11 8LNDT11 8LPDT11 8LQDT11 8LRDT11 8LSDT11 8LTDT11 8LUDT11 8LWDT11 8LXDT11 8LYDT11 8LZDT11 8NADT11 8NBDT11 8NDDT11 8NEDT11 8NFDT11 8NGDT11 8NHDT11 8NJDT11 8NLDT11 8NNDT11 8NPDT11 8NQDT11 8NRDT11 8NSDT11 8NTDT11 8NUDT11 8NWDT11 8NXDT11 8NYDT11 8NZDT11 8PADT11 8PBDT11 8PDDT11 8PEDT11 8PFDT11 8PGDT11 8PHDT11 8PJDT11 8PPDT11 8PQDT11 8PRDT11 8PTDT11 8PUDT11 8PXDT11 8PYDT11 8PZDT11 8QADT11 8QBDT11 8QDDT11 8QEDT11 8QFDT11 8QGDT11 8QHDT11 8QJDT11 8QLDT11 8QNDT11 8QPDT11 8QQDT11 8QRDT11 8QSDT11 8QTDT11 8QUDT11 8QWDT11 8RADT11 8RBDT11 8RDDT11 8RFDT11 8RQDT11 8TPDT11 8TWDT11 8WESP5 5AASP5 5ABSP5 5ADSP5 5AESP5 5AFSP5 5AGSP5 5AHSP5 5AJSP5 5ALSP5 5ANSP5 5APSP5 5AQSP5 5ARSP5 5AXSP7 0AASP7 0AB