Total Crime Rate

47.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 47.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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.
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Crime overview

Milton Road area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Chickerell , and the 466th highest crime rate of 1,293 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 Milton Road (DT4 0AZ) in the last 12 months was 47.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.9% lower than the Chickerell average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milton Road (DT4 0AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holland Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Franklin Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Milton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Old Parish Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holland Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Franklin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kellaway Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holland Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longcroft Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Essex Road —
Sep 2025Public order Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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