Total Crime Rate
186.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carlton Road North area has the 11th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 50th highest crime rate of 1,290 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 Carlton Road North (DT4 7PX) in the last 12 months was 186.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 85.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carlton Road North (DT4 7PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fernhill Avenue, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lennox Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Radipole| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fernhill Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westbourne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlton Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Carlton Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Melcombe Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walpole Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glendinning Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fernhill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fernhill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lodmoor Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penny Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ricketts Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hanover Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lennox Street | Under investigation |
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