Total Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rabling Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Swanage , and the 257th lowest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rabling Road (BH19 1EE) in the last 12 months was 16.0 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% lower than the Swanage average (44.3 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 10.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rabling Road (BH19 1EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shore Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Swanage| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cauldron Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eldon Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | De Moulham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mermond Place | Under investigation |
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