Total Crime Rate

166.7 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 166.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.5 10/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Public order 11.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

West Borough area has the 6th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Colehill & Wimborne Minster East , and the 68th highest 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 West Borough (BH21 1NF) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 360.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 87.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Borough (BH21 1NF), 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.

View Crime In Colehill & Wimborne Minster East

Crime Over Time in West Borough area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priors Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Borough —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priors Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priors Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Church Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redcotts Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redcotts Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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