Dorset crime rate
Overview of Dorset crime rate
Dorset crime incidents by crime type
- Violence and sexual offences – 8357 (36.0)%
- Anti-social behaviour – 5573 (24.0)%
- Criminal damage and arson – 2134 (9.2)%
- Other theft – 1637 (7.1)%
- Public order – 1472 (6.3)%
- Shoplifting – 1262 (5.4)%
- Burglary – 914 (3.9)%
- Vehicle crime – 862 (3.7)%
- Drugs – 290 (1.3)%
- Other crime – 209 (0.9)%
- Bicycle theft – 149 (0.6)%
- Possession of weapons – 137 (0.6)%
- Robbery – 113 (0.5)%
- Theft from the person – 79 (0.3)%
How does Dorset compare against nearby areas ?
List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):
Heat map for all nearby areas Dorset is compared against
Crime rates in Dorset wards
There are 52 wards within Dorset. Melcombe Regis, Dorchester West, Westham has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.
List of all 52 wards from high crime rate to low.
- Melcombe Regis (477.8)
- Dorchester West (125.3)
- Westham (97.3)
- Wimborne Minster (90.5)
- Swanage (82.1)
- Dorchester Poundbury (78.3)
- Shaftesbury Town (76.8)
- Portland (Dorset) (75.4)
- Radipole (75.0)
- Chickerell (73.3)
- Blandford (70.1)
- Bridport (69.9)
- Rodwell & Wyke (67.2)
- Wareham (64.6)
- Littlemoor & Preston (62.6)
- Lyme & Charmouth (61.4)
- West Purbeck (60.8)
- Winterborne North (60.5)
- Gillingham (59.6)
- Ferndown North (56.7)
- Dorchester East (56.4)
- South East Purbeck (52.5)
- Ferndown South (51.1)
- Crossways (50.9)
- Sherborne West (50.4)
- Lytchett Matravers & Upton (50.2)
- Sturminster Newton (48.8)
- Charminster St Mary’s (48.8)
- Upwey & Broadwey (47.2)
- Sherborne East (46.0)
- West Moors & Three Legged Cross (44.6)
- Verwood (43.2)
- Sherborne Rural (42.6)
- Cranborne & Alderholt (41.8)
- Beacon (Dorset) (41.0)
- Blackmore Vale (40.6)
- Chesil Bank (39.9)
- West Parley (39.1)
- Beaminster (38.3)
- St Leonards & St Ives (36.1)
- Yetminster (34.4)
- Chalk Valleys (33.4)
- Winterborne & Broadmayne (33.1)
- Stour & Allen Vale (33.0)
- Puddletown & Lower Winterborne (29.0)
- Marshwood Vale (28.9)
- Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants (28.7)
- Stalbridge & Marnhull (28.5)
- Colehill & Wimborne Minster East (27.6)
- Corfe Mullen (27.4)
- Eggardon (26.2)
- Cranborne Chase (22.2)
Analyze trends and crime types for Dorset wards
Crime rates in postcode districts under Dorset
There are 32 postcode districts/outcodes under or overlapping with Dorset. Highest crime rates in DT4, BH15, BA21 .
- DT4 – 122.5
- BH15 – 121.6
- BA21 – 92.8
- DT1 – 88.5
- BH16 – 80.8
- BH19 – 79.7
- BH31 – 77.6
- DT5 – 76.4
- BH13 – 70.6
- TA20 – 69.4
- BH23 – 64.0
- SP8 – 63.9
- SP7 – 62.6
- DT3 – 60.4
- SP6 – 59.6
- BH20 – 58.8
- BH24 – 58.7
- DT6 – 58.3
- TA18 – 50.4
- DT7 – 49.4
- BH22 – 48.0
- DT11 – 46.2
- BA22 – 41.6
- DT2 – 39.0
- DT9 – 39.0
- BA8 – 38.8
- BH21 – 36.4
- DT10 – 36.2
- SP5 – 35.8
- DT8 – 32.6
- BH18 – 28.0
- EX13 – 0.7
Postcode districts in Dorset
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