Total Crime Rate
82.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mampitts Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Shaftesbury Town , and the 216th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mampitts Road (SP7 8PG) in the last 12 months was 82.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% higher than the Shaftesbury Town average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mampitts Road (SP7 8PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mampitts Lane, where police recorded 25 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.
View Crime In Shaftesbury Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linden Park | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mampitts Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Imber Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coles Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coles Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coles Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coles Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mampitts Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mampitts Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mampitts Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mead Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St George'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
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