Total Crime Rate
24.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carrion Lane area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Wareham , and the 448th lowest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Carrion Lane (BH20 4JN) in the last 12 months was 24.1 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% lower than the Wareham average (55.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carrion Lane (BH20 4JN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wareham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shatter'S Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Walls | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell'S Orchard Lane | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nundico | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Folly Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell'S Orchard Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B3075 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooper'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shatter'S Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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