Total Crime Rate

14.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 14.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 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
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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 10th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Swanage , and the 192nd lowest crime rate of 1,293 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 High Street (BH19 2NR) in the last 12 months was 14.4 per 1,000 residents and was 69.6% lower than the Swanage average (47.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

In the area around High Street (BH19 2NR), the main crime hotspot is near Holmes Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 17 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 (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsh Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holmes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holmes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holmes Road —
Sep 2025Public order Marsh Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Bay View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higher Day'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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