Total Crime Rate

139.7 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 139.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 69.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.3 7/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Wessex Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Chickerell , and the 100th 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 Wessex Road (DT4 0LT) in the last 12 months was 139.7 per 1,000 residents and was 118.0% higher than the Chickerell average (64.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 1150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 53.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wessex Road (DT4 0LT), 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 Wessex Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Emmadale Close —
Sep 2025Other crime Old Parish Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emmadale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emmadale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Devon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Franklin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotsbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Park View Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Wessex Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Sussex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kitchener Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wessex Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Melbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wessex Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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