Total Crime Rate

64.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 64.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 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 · 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 12th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Ferndown North , and the 318th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ringwood Road (BH22 9AW) in the last 12 months was 64.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.8% higher than the Ferndown North average (50.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 20.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ringwood Road (BH22 9AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lake Farm Close, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Longham Farm Close (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ringwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longham Farm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A348 —
Sep 2025Shoplifting A348 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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