Total Crime Rate

36.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

23.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 36.9 4/10
  • Violent crimes 23.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

This area has the 26th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cranborne & Alderholt , and the 603rd highest crime rate of 1,295 local areas in Dorset .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (SP5 5QP) in the last 12 months was 36.9 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% higher than the Cranborne & Alderholt average (33.0 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in SP5 5QP area

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