Total Crime Rate

97.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 97.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.1 5/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Woodward Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Littlemoor & Preston , and the 176th 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 Woodward Place (DT4 7TS) in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% higher than the Littlemoor & Preston average (62.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodward Place (DT4 7TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fernhill Avenue, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodward Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary College Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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