Total Crime Rate

35.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 35.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Fairoak Way area has the 14th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Beaminster , and the 644th lowest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fairoak Way (DT8 3JQ) in the last 12 months was 35.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% lower than the Beaminster average (39.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairoak Way (DT8 3JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pucksy Lane, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whites Meadow (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fairoak Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whites Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whites Meadow Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whites Meadow Under investigation
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Data Sources

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