Total Crime Rate
134.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grenville Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Colehill & Wimborne Minster East , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grenville Road (BH21 2BB) in the last 12 months was 134.4 per 1,000 residents and was 257.1% higher than the Colehill & Wimborne Minster East average (37.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grenville Road (BH21 2BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leigh Gardens (13 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 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarrant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hardy Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hardy Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Day'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Day'S Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leigh Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rugby Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarrant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hardy Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Welland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eden Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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