Total Crime Rate

115.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 115.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Heights Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Lytchett Matravers & Upton , and the 144th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heights Road (BH16 5QP) in the last 12 months was 115.0 per 1,000 residents and was 211.1% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 90.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 73.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heights Road (BH16 5QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Upton Court, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kestrel Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heights Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upton Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadows Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell Heather Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Briarswood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Crossways —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarrells Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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