Total Crime Rate

49.0 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 49.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Kitchener Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Chickerell , and the 451st 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 Kitchener Road (DT4 0LL) in the last 12 months was 49.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 30.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kitchener Road (DT4 0LL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Kitchener Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emmadale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Wessex Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wessex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wessex Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Emmadale Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emmadale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sussex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Franklin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kitchener Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Melbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Old Parish Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Devon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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