Total Crime Rate
54.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bankes Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Colehill & Wimborne Minster East , and the 379th highest 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 Bankes Road (BH21 2FA) in the last 12 months was 54.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bankes Road (BH21 2FA), the main crime hotspot is near Day'S Court. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wimborne Minster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarrant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bankes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hardy Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Ryan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Day'S Court | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Griffin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tarrant Close | — |
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