Total Crime Rate
210.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ringwood Road area has the highest crime rate of 26 local areas in West Moors & Three Legged Cross , and the 47th 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 Ringwood Road (BH22 0AD) in the last 12 months was 210.1 per 1,000 residents and was 419.2% higher than the West Moors & Three Legged Cross average (40.5 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 Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 68.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ringwood Road (BH22 0AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cracklewood Close, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Uplands Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Moors & Three Legged Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cracklewood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Uplands Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cracklewood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cracklewood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cracklewood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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