Total Crime Rate
161.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Emmadale Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Chickerell , and the 65th highest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Emmadale Road (DT4 0LA) in the last 12 months was 161.3 per 1,000 residents and was 159.9% higher than the Chickerell average (62.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 88.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Emmadale Road (DT4 0LA), the main crime hotspot is near Franklin Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Westham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Parish Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmadale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Parish Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmadale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmadale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emmadale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wessex Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emmadale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmadale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bryn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Parish Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sussex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Franklin Road | — |
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