Total Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greensome Drive area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Ferndown North , and the 606th 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 Greensome Drive (BH22 8BE) in the last 12 months was 36.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.8% lower than the Ferndown North average (49.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greensome Drive (BH22 8BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lockyers Drive, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dugdell Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ferndown South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairways | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dugdell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lockyers Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockyers Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockyers Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lockyers Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairways | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairways | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairways | — |
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