Total Crime Rate

143.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 143.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Alma Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Chickerell , and the 92nd 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 Alma Road (DT4 0AJ) in the last 12 months was 143.6 per 1,000 residents and was 124.2% higher than the Chickerell average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -51.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alma Road (DT4 0AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Chickerell

Crime Over Time in Alma Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kellaway Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westwey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westwey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holland Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holland Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Essex Road —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.