Total Crime Rate

26.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 26.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Newtown Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Stour & Allen Vale , and the 464th lowest crime rate of 1,293 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 Newtown Road (BH31 6EH) in the last 12 months was 26.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.7% lower than the Stour & Allen Vale average (35.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 17.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newtown Road (BH31 6EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bingham Drive, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hillmeadow (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Newtown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claylake Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bingham Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bingham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bingham Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monmouth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Monmouth Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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