Crime runs at 7.8 per 1,000 residents a month — below the covered-area average of 9.7. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Monthly recorded crimes within this area
Per 1,000 / month7.8
Covered-area average9.7
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months this area
Violence and sexual offences
131
Anti-social behaviour
46
Criminal damage and arson
34
Public order
29
Drugs
28
Vehicle crime
28
Recorded crimes by category within this area, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
On or near
Crimes
Dunkery Road
30
Charminster Road
23
Kersey Gardens
20
King And Queen Close
15
Duddington Close
14
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are) · police.uk