Total Crime Rate
89.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Flaxfield Road area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Beaminster , and the 208th 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 Flaxfield Road (DT8 3EY) in the last 12 months was 89.0 per 1,000 residents and was 146.5% higher than the Beaminster average (36.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Flaxfield Road (DT8 3EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Flaxfield Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hardy Close (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Beaminster| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxfield Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flaxfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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