Total Crime Rate
26.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Common Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cranborne & Alderholt , and the 461st 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 Common Road (SP5 5NJ) in the last 12 months was 26.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.0% lower than the Cranborne & Alderholt average (33.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Common Road (SP5 5NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Common Road, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Hollow (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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