Crime Rates at High Street, Wimborne, BH21 1HS

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Colehill & Wimborne Minster East , and the 15th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BH21 1HS) in the last 12 months was 410.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1031.6% higher than the Colehill & Wimborne Minster East average (36.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 141.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BH21 1HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redcotts Lane (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.