Total Crime Rate

110.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 110.8 8/10
  • Other theft 85.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Ringwood Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Verwood , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 1,293 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 Ringwood Road (BH31 7AD) in the last 12 months was 110.8 per 1,000 residents and was 199.2% higher than the Verwood average (37.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ringwood Road (BH31 7AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherwood Drive (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ringwood Road area

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Data Sources

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