Total Crime Rate

210.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 210.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 32.6 7/10
  • Other theft 21.7 10/10
  • Burglary 14.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ringwood 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ringwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cracklewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Uplands Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cracklewood Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cracklewood Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cracklewood Close
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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