Total Crime Rate

280.5 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 280.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 61.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.6 7/10
  • Burglary 36.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.4 10/10
  • Other theft 27.4 10/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Shaftesbury Town , and the 29th 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 High Street (SP7 8RB) in the last 12 months was 280.5 per 1,000 residents and was 266.4% higher than the Shaftesbury Town average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SP7 8RB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tobys Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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