Total Crime Rate
196.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eden Grove area has the 4th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Colehill & Wimborne Minster East , and the 46th highest crime rate of 1,290 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 Eden Grove (BH21 1RH) in the last 12 months was 196.5 per 1,000 residents and was 422.0% higher than the Colehill & Wimborne Minster East average (37.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 80.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eden Grove (BH21 1RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newmans Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wimborne Minster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarrant Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarrant Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Under investigation |
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