Total Crime Rate
28.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Southview Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Chickerell , and the 495th lowest 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 Southview Road (DT4 0JE) in the last 12 months was 28.2 per 1,000 residents and was 56.0% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southview Road (DT4 0JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wessex Road, where police recorded 39 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.
View Crime In Chickerell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Old Parish Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Park View Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cromwell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emmadale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emmadale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmadale Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbotsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbotsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wessex Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Franklin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wessex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B3154 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kitchener Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
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