Total Crime Rate
32.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beverley Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Littlemoor & Preston , and the 621st 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 Beverley Road (DT3 6SE) in the last 12 months was 32.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% lower than the Littlemoor & Preston average (60.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beverley Road (DT3 6SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pipit Close, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merredin Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Littlemoor & Preston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merredin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldfare Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merredin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Woodpeckers | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pemberton Close | Under investigation |
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