Total Crime Rate

73.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 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
  • Shoplifting 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

Saddlers Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cranborne & Alderholt , and the 256th highest 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 Saddlers Close (SP6 1AE) in the last 12 months was 73.6 per 1,000 residents and was 118.3% higher than the Cranborne & Alderholt average (33.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Saddlers Close (SP6 1AE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Saddlers Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Flaxfields End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Bartons Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shaftesbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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