Total Crime Rate

86.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Kavanagh Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Shaftesbury Town , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kavanagh Close (SP7 8FP) in the last 12 months was 86.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% higher than the Shaftesbury Town average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kavanagh Close (SP7 8FP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Reynolds Rise, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mead Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kavanagh Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marabout Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mead Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coles Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coles Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coles Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coles Crescent —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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