Total Crime Rate

165.4 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 165.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 60.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Fernhill Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Littlemoor & Preston , and the 69th 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 Fernhill Avenue (DT4 7QY) in the last 12 months was 165.4 per 1,000 residents and was 163.5% higher than the Littlemoor & Preston average (62.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fernhill Avenue (DT4 7QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fernhill Avenue, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coleridge Place (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fernhill Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlton Road North Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Coleridge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary College Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alexandra Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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