2,189
Households
White Brit. · 96%
Ethnicity
Christian · 60%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
62 · 12.5 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£475,100
Median property price
244
Postcodes
Overview of Sherborne Rural
Coordinates50.9337, -2.5264
Postcodes
244
Population (Census)
4,959
Households (Census)
2,189
Recorded crime · May '26
62 · 12.5 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Sherborne Rural
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 6.61 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.61 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Sherborne Rural
Property sales · Sherborne Rural
HM Land Registry · Sherborne Rural
Average price
£484,862
YoY: +14.5%
Median price: £436,333
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
May '24 – May '26May '26: 2 sales · avg £772,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£773k£560k£348k
May '24Nov '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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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 Sherborne Rural
Crime trends · Sherborne Rural
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
382512
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
25
YoY +32%
ASB
37215
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
14
YoY -22%
Vehicle Crime
1470
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY stable
Burglary
840
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
4
YoY +100%
Criminal damage
740
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY -67%
Demographics in Sherborne Rural
Ethnicity
White Brit.95.7%
Other White1.7%
+ other · 2.6%
Religion
Christian59.9%
No religion31.6%
Not answered7.0%
+ other · 1.6%
Age groups
50–6426.3%
65–7416.6%
35–4914.4%
75–8410.9%
10–157.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 24.7%
Households
All members 66+19.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children16.8%
Any member 66+14.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.7%
Other9.1%
+ 7 other households · 26.1%
Schools in Sherborne Rural
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Thornford CofE Primary School
Dorset · DT9 6QY
Outstanding
2.0 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas
Dorset · DT9 6RH
Good
2.8 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Trent Young's CofE Primary School
Dorset · DT9 4SW
Good
3.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Dorset · DT9 5NQ
4.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Sherborne Rural
Postcodes in Sherborne Rural
BA21 5BTBA21 5BUBA21 5BWBA21 5BYBA21 5BZBA22 9UYBA22 9UZDT10 2BDDT9 4AYDT9 4DJDT9 4FFDT9 4FUDT9 4FXDT9 4GHDT9 4GJDT9 4JUDT9 4JXDT9 4JYDT9 4JZDT9 4LADT9 4LBDT9 4LDDT9 4LEDT9 4LFDT9 4LGDT9 4LYDT9 4NADT9 4PSDT9 4PXDT9 4PYDT9 4PZDT9 4QADT9 4QBDT9 4QDDT9 4QEDT9 4QFDT9 4QGDT9 4QHDT9 4QJDT9 4QLDT9 4QNDT9 4QPDT9 4QQDT9 4QRDT9 4QSDT9 4QTDT9 4QUDT9 4QWDT9 4QXDT9 4QYDT9 4QZDT9 4RADT9 4RBDT9 4RDDT9 4REDT9 4RFDT9 4RGDT9 4RLDT9 4RNDT9 4RPDT9 4RQDT9 4RRDT9 4RSDT9 4RTDT9 4RUDT9 4RXDT9 4RYDT9 4RZDT9 4SADT9 4SBDT9 4SDDT9 4SEDT9 4SFDT9 4SGDT9 4SHDT9 4SJDT9 4SLDT9 4SNDT9 4SPDT9 4SQDT9 4SRDT9 4SSDT9 4STDT9 4SUDT9 4SWDT9 4SXDT9 4SYDT9 4SZDT9 4TADT9 5AADT9 5ABDT9 5DTDT9 5DXDT9 5DYDT9 5FPDT9 5GDDT9 5GEDT9 5GFDT9 5GGDT9 5GLDT9 5HPDT9 5HRDT9 5HSDT9 5HTDT9 5HUDT9 5HXDT9 5HYDT9 5HZDT9 5JADT9 5JBDT9 5JDDT9 5JEDT9 5JGDT9 5JHDT9 5JPDT9 5JQDT9 5JRDT9 5JSDT9 5JTDT9 5JU