Total Crime Rate
22.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Radipole Terrace area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 406th lowest crime rate of 1,290 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 Radipole Terrace (DT4 7LR) in the last 12 months was 22.3 per 1,000 residents and was 94.1% lower than the Melcombe Regis average (374.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Radipole Terrace (DT4 7LR), the main crime hotspot is near Fernhill Avenue. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Radipole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westbourne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fernhill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fernhill Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodmoor Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glendinning Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carlton Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlton Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hanover Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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