Total Crime Rate
371.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Icen Road area has the highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Chickerell , and the 11th 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 Icen Road (DT3 5JJ) in the last 12 months was 371.2 per 1,000 residents and was 498.2% higher than the Chickerell average (62.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -31.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 283.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Icen Road (DT3 5JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Appletree Close, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rocky Knap (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Radipole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Appletree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coronation Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Appletree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Appletree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rocky Knap | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rocky Knap | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant Avenue South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant Avenue South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant Avenue South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roman Close | Under investigation |
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