Total Crime Rate

31.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 31.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Factory Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Lytchett Matravers & Upton , and the 564th lowest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Factory Road (BH16 5HT) in the last 12 months was 31.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.3% lower than the Lytchett Matravers & Upton average (37.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Factory Road (BH16 5HT), the main crime hotspot is near Upton Court. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Factory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadows Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spencer Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Spencer Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Kiln Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briarswood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Crossways —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upton Court Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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