Total Crime Rate

279.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 279.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 43.9 8/10
  • Public order 37.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.9 9/10
  • Drugs 12.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Lower Bartons area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cranborne & Alderholt , and the 30th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Bartons (SP6 1JB) in the last 12 months was 279.0 per 1,000 residents and was 727.9% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 122.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Bartons (SP6 1JB), 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 Lower Bartons area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Flaxfields End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Bartons Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Bartons —
Sep 2025Public order Round Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons High Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Bartons Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Bartons Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picket Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Picket Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shaftesbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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