Total Crime Rate

20.4 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

7.6 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 20.4 2/10
  • Violent crimes 7.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pinewood Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Lytchett Matravers & Upton , and the 367th lowest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pinewood Road (BH16 5LJ) in the last 12 months was 20.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% lower than the Lytchett Matravers & Upton average (39.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pinewood Road (BH16 5LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dorchester Road, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Neots Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pinewood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Beacon Park Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Roberts Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holcombe Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting St David'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxborrow Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxborrow Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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