Total Crime Rate

144.0 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 144.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 93.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Littlefield area has the 4th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Sherborne East , and the 91st 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 Littlefield (DT9 6AX) in the last 12 months was 144.0 per 1,000 residents and was 126.2% higher than the Sherborne East average (63.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Littlefield (DT9 6AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbots Way (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Littlefield area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Askwith Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbridge Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft South Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lenthay Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbridge Park Under investigation
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Data Sources

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