Total Crime Rate
309.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Old Stable Yard area has the highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Beacon , and the 21st 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 The Old Stable Yard (DT11 9LR) in the last 12 months was 309.0 per 1,000 residents and was 642.7% higher than the Beacon average (41.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 103.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Old Stable Yard (DT11 9LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Winterborne North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pigeon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bournemouth Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pigeon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Maltings | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Red Lion Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pigeon Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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