Total Crime Rate

111.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 111.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 82.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 12.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.4 2/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • 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
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ambrose Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Sherborne Rural , and the 137th 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 Ambrose Close (DT9 6RL) in the last 12 months was 111.5 per 1,000 residents and was 169.5% higher than the Sherborne Rural average (41.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 203.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ambrose Close (DT9 6RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queens Road, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westbury (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Ambrose Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Church Road Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 1 of 1

Data Sources

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