Total Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Corfe Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Chickerell , and the 244th lowest crime rate of 1,290 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 Corfe Road (DT3 5RH) in the last 12 months was 15.4 per 1,000 residents and was 75.1% lower than the Chickerell average (62.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corfe Road (DT3 5RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mount Pleasant Avenue North (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Upwey & Broadwey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lancaster Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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