Total Crime Rate

111.8 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 111.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.2 9/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bonfields Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Swanage , and the 150th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bonfields Avenue (BH19 1PU) in the last 12 months was 111.8 per 1,000 residents and was 136.6% higher than the Swanage average (47.3 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 90.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 107.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bonfields Avenue (BH19 1PU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 6 crimes here, including 4 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bonfields Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highcliffe Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ballard Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burlington Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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