Crime Rates at Blackmore Road, Shaftesbury, SP7 8RD

Blackmore Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Shaftesbury Town , and the 209th 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 Blackmore Road (SP7 8RD) in the last 12 months was 83.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% higher than the Shaftesbury Town average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackmore Road (SP7 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blackmore Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wincombe Lane (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.