Total Crime Rate

86.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 21.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 18.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.8 3/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Ferndown North , and the 215th 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 New Road (BH22 8EA) in the last 12 months was 86.3 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% higher than the Ferndown North average (49.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (BH22 8EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Tree Walk, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longfield Drive (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B3073 —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Longfield Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Christchurch Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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