Total Crime Rate
79.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Longcroft Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Chickerell , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Longcroft Road (DT4 0PB) in the last 12 months was 79.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Longcroft Road (DT4 0PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Franklin Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Westham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Parish Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wessex Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Parish Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmadale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Franklin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Franklin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wessex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wessex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Short Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emmadale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emmadale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Parish Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Parish Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmadale Road | — |
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