Total Crime Rate

109.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

48.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 109.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 48.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gold Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Leonards & St Ives , and the 150th highest crime rate of 1,295 local areas in Dorset .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gold Drive (BH24 2FH) in the last 12 months was 109.1 per 1,000 residents and was 140.9% higher than the St Leonards & St Ives average (45.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gold Drive (BH24 2FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Utah Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pegasus Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gold Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Robbery Utah Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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