Crime Rates at Coppice Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8PF

Coppice Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Shaftesbury Town , and the 441st highest crime rate of 1,290 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 Coppice Street (SP7 8PF) in the last 12 months was 48.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% lower than the Shaftesbury Town average (71.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coppice Street (SP7 8PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawkesdene Lane (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.