Total Crime Rate

31.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 31.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.5 3/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burnham Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cranborne & Alderholt , and the 573rd lowest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Burnham Road (SP6 1HA) in the last 12 months was 31.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnham Road (SP6 1HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Player Court, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Penny'S Crescent (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Burnham Road area

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Data Sources

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