Total Crime Rate

65.3 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 65.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Links Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Chickerell , and the 309th highest crime rate of 1,293 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 Links Road (DT4 0PE) in the last 12 months was 65.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.9% higher 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Links Road (DT4 0PE), 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 Links Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldcroft Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldcroft Avenue 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Devon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rutland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longcroft Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldcroft Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Cromwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Franklin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sussex Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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