Total Crime Rate
32.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ebblake Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Verwood , and the 624th lowest crime rate of 1,290 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 Ebblake Close (BH31 6GF) in the last 12 months was 32.8 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% lower than the Verwood average (33.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 8.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ebblake Close (BH31 6GF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brunel Close, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Liederbach Drive (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Verwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Potterne Wood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brunel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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