Total Crime Rate
198.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bayard Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Littlemoor & Preston , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bayard Road (DT3 6AL) in the last 12 months was 198.4 per 1,000 residents and was 216.2% higher than the Littlemoor & Preston average (62.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 77.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bayard Road (DT3 6AL), the main crime hotspot is near Canberra Crescent. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Littlemoor & Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clivia Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Canberra Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canberra Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Canberra Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Canberra Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canberra Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canberra Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castlemaine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gladstone Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castlemaine Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Magnolia Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brisbane Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canberra Crescent | — |
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