Crime Rates at Priests Road, Swanage, BH19 2RN

Priests Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Swanage , and the 178th lowest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Priests Road (BH19 2RN) in the last 12 months was 12.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.6% 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 Vehicle crime 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 (≈ 8.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priests Road (BH19 2RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hillview Road, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manwell'S Lane (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.