Total Crime Rate

155.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 155.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.8 10/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Swanage , and the 79th 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 High Street (BH19 2LN) in the last 12 months was 155.6 per 1,000 residents and was 229.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -52.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BH19 2LN), the main crime hotspot is near Commercial Road. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Commercial Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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