Sherborne St John & Rooksdown Area Guide | £382k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Sherborne St John & Rooksdown

WARD
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
12,534
Households
4,960
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.0 per 1k
4,960
Households
White Brit. · 70%
Ethnicity
No religion · 46%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£381,875
Median property price
369
Postcodes
4,960
Households
White Brit. · 70%
Ethnicity
No religion · 46%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£381,875
Median property price
369
Postcodes

Sold prices in Sherborne St John & Rooksdown

England & Wales
Property sales · Sherborne St John & Rooksdown
HM Land Registry · Sherborne St John & Rooksdown
Average price
£401,064
YoY: +0.8%
Median price: £380,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 8 sales · avg £479,375
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£483k£378k£274k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
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 St John & Rooksdown

England & Wales
Crime trends · Sherborne St John & Rooksdown

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
47
YoY +38%
664218
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
6
YoY —
1580
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
3
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
630
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
1260
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

75
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Sherborne St John & Rooksdown

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Hampshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Basingstoke and Deane is the district council. School applications go through Hampshire.

Apply for a primary place via Hampshire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Sherborne St John & Rooksdown

GPs make up most of the mapped places

20 GPs · 6 Libraries · 3 Hospitals · 32 in all

  • GPs20
  • Libraries6
  • Hospitals3
  • Museums3

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Sherborne St John & Rooksdown

Coordinates51.2867, -1.1126
Postcodes
369
Population (Census)
12,534
Households (Census)
4,960
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.0 per 1k

Demographics in Sherborne St John & Rooksdown

Ethnicity

Total residents: 12,513
White Brit.70.2%
Other White8.1%
Indian6.2%
African3.4%
Other Asian2.9%
+ 3 other groups · 9.2%

Religion

Total residents: 12,517
No religion45.9%
Christian39.5%
Not answered5.5%
Hindu4.3%
Muslim2.6%
+ 1 other religions · 2.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 12,534
35–4924.4%
25–3421.5%
50–6413.8%
≤48.9%
5–97.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 23.5%

Households

Total households: 4,960
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children21.5%
Other19.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.2%
Cohabiting couple family: No children11.1%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.0%
+ 7 other households · 28.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Sherborne St John & Rooksdown

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 6.57 (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 6.57 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).