Crap Towns / Dorset / Bridport
Bridport
49/100Crap Score
People from here are Ropeys.
506th crappest of 984 towns, and 3rd in Dorset. Higher scores are crapper.
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Crap Town of the Year 2026/27
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The Londoners have found it
Old rope town. Now it's arty markets, posh chips and Londoners rowing about a parking app.
Bridport made the nets for Wimbledon and Wembley and won't shut up about it. Now it's arty markets, chips with fancy salt and so many Londoners they call it Notting Hill on Sea. Locals are fuming about parking charges you have to pay on an app.
For all the London money, gigabit gets to 58.3% of premises, so the Londoners can't even work from home properly. There are three times the typical town's pubs per head and the last bus is at 8.24pm. You can see how that ends. The roads are worse than most for crashes. Lovely.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Bridport's 99 for broadband means it's crapper than 99% of towns.
- Broadband99/10041.7% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 23.3% across the Dorset council area
- Serious road collisions86/1003.8 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Sewage spills84/1001,089 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Anti-social behaviour75/10019.6 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Rain50/100127 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Deliberate fires35/1004.7 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
- Criminal damage and arson27/1005.4 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Fly-tipping8/1004.2 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Dorset council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Air pollution7/1004.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Food hygiene2/1000.0% rated 0 to 2, of the 149 food businesses with a rating
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bournemouth | 62 |
| 2 | Poole | 49 |
| 3 | Bridport | 49 |
| In danger of becoming nice from here down.4 | Weymouth | 37 |
| 5 | Dorchester | 33 |
| 6 | Christchurch | 22 |
| 7 | West Moors | 20 |
| 8 | Sherborne | 19 |
| 9 | Wimborne Minster | 19 |
Below the dashed line: in danger of becoming nice.
Bridport by numbers
Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.
Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 54.8 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Better: 28% lower than the typical town's 76.2
- 40 reports of potholes and bad road surfaces on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 32.5 per 10,000 people, 9.6x the typical town's 3.4
- 2 serious pollution incidents within 1 km since 2016, the latest in 2017
- 2 of 2 bathing waters here or within 2 km rated Excellent in 2025
What's left on the high street
- 19 pubs, 11 hairdressers, 8 charity shops, 1 bookmaker, 2 banks on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 0.0% of takeaways rated 0 to 2 for hygiene (0 of 18) Better: Against the typical town's 4.0%
- 2 bank branch closures announced since 2022 Worse: 16.3 per 100,000 people, 4.8x the typical town's 3.4
- 6 public toilets on the map (October 2026) Better: 4.9 per 10,000 people, 3.1x the typical town's 1.6
- 2 public swimming pools open Better: 1.6 per 10,000 people, 2.3x the typical English town's 0.7
- 2 places on England's Heritage at Risk register
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 8.24pm last bus out on a Wednesday Worse: Earlier than the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.4% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Better: 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%
- 20.1% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Worse: 30% higher than the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,728 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) Better: 13% higher than the typical town's 1,532
Dorset council
Have a crap-off
Bridport against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.