Total Crime Rate

34.6 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 34.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Coldharbour area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Sherborne East , and the 633rd 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 Coldharbour (DT9 4HD) in the last 12 months was 34.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.6% lower than the Sherborne East average (63.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coldharbour (DT9 4HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cheap Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vernalls Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Coldharbour area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wootton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simons Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vernalls Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vernalls Road
Sep 2025Drugs Higher Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bristol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wootton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wootton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hound Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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