BOSCOMBE WEST CASE STUDY

Location and history

• suburb of Bournemouth, in the county of Dorset on the south west coast of England

• Most deprived area in the south west

• Decline of the English holiday market saw the areas hotels and guest houses turned into HMOs, attracting the homeless, vulnerable households and migrant workers

• Demands for services is concentrated in the area from drug/alcohol users, the unemployed and benefit claimants

Main challenges in the Bournemouth town funds area

• unemployment

• Population increase (9% from 2011-18)

• Ethnic diversity (growth in those describing themselves as “white/other”)

• House types (73% of households live in flats)

• 1800 HMO bedsit units

• School attainment

• Access to cars

• Infrastructure

• Anti-social behaviour

• Poor heath

Key priorities for residents - boscombe regeneration partnership

• crime levels

• Care services/support

• Health services

• Clean streets

• Traffic congestion levels

• Affordable, decent housing

Demographic and health

• Life expectancy lower than the national average (2016: 75 in boscombe, 81 in england)

• 9.5% regard their health as bad compared to 5.2% in the south west of England

• 23% disabled population

• 30% of population in boscombe west are economically inactive

Crime, unemployment and education

• 30% of population in boscombe west are economically inactive

• 1.5% looked after children in the population

• 53% of boscombe west feel unsafe

• 37% of recorded crime is anti-social behaviour

Household compositions

• transient renters: single people privately renting low cost homes for the short term (6% of UK households)

• 8.3% are transient renters in boscombe west

Boscombe cycle of deprivation