Total Crime Rate
101.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coppice Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Colehill & Wimborne Minster East , and the 164th highest crime rate of 1,290 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 Coppice Avenue (BH22 9PP) in the last 12 months was 101.1 per 1,000 residents and was 168.6% higher than the Colehill & Wimborne Minster East average (37.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coppice Avenue (BH22 9PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Batstone Way, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Larks Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ferndown North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Batstone Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Batstone Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Larks Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larks Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coppice Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanfield Road | — |
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