Total Crime Rate

295.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 295.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 217.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 7/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Church Road area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Sherborne Rural , and the 26th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Road (DT9 6RF) in the last 12 months was 295.5 per 1,000 residents and was 473.7% higher than the Sherborne Rural average (51.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 97.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (DT9 6RF), the main crime hotspot is near Wessex Drive. Police recorded 5 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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