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Crime Rates in Dorset, local authority district

Crime Rate

58.8

58.8

Low 2/10

Last updated: 09.10.2024

Annual total crime rate in Dorset, (local authority district) is 58.8 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 2 out of 10 or low crime level compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Crime rates in Dorset (local authority district) by type

Violence and sexual offences 20.8 2/10
Anti-social behaviour 13.6 4/10
Criminal damage and arson 5.11 3/10
Other theft 4.05 2/10
Shoplifting 3.7 2/10
Public order 3.69 2/10
Vehicle crime 2.81 3/10
Burglary 2.26 2/10
Drugs 0.756 1/10
Other crime 0.722 1/10
Bicycle theft 0.424 2/10
Possession of weapons 0.406 2/10
Robbery 0.269 1/10
Theft from the person 0.25 1/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Sept 2023 - Aug 2024

Above are annual crime rates in Dorset (local authority district) by crime type.

The figures in black represent the number of crimes of a certain type per thousand resident population in Dorset (local authority district).

The figures in grey indicate the relative ratings of Dorset (local authority district) for a specific crime type compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

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Historical crime rates in Dorset (local authority district) and South West (region)

Number of crimes per 1000 resident population
  • Dorset
    LAD
  • South West
    region

Data source: data.police.uk

Crime rate ratings in Dorset (local authority district)

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

Horizontal: area ratings based on annual total crime rate per 1000 resident population.

Vertical: number of areas

Data source: data.police.uk

Annual total crime rates in local authority districts of Dorset (local authority district)

Ward nameCrime Rate
1. Cranborne Chase21.8 low
2. Puddletown & Lower Winterborne26.5 low
3. Marshwood Vale28.4 low
4. Yetminster29.9 low
5. Stalbridge & Marnhull30 low
6. Corfe Mullen30.6 low
7. Chalk Valleys31.1 low
8. Eggardon31.2 low
9. Charminster St Mary's32.6 low
10. Verwood32.6 low
11. Winterborne & Broadmayne33.2 low
12. Stour & Allen Vale33.2 low
13. Blackmore Vale33.8 low
14. West Parley34 low
15. Colehill & Wimborne Minster East35.6 low
16. Chesil Bank36.6 low
17. Cranborne & Alderholt38.4 low
18. Beaminster39.2 low
19. Crossways39.3 low
20. Beacon39.6 low
21. Sherborne Rural40.8 low
22. St Leonards & St Ives41.2 low
23. West Moors & Three Legged Cross43.7 low
24. Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants44.1 low
25. Upwey & Broadwey44.4 low
26. Winterborne North47.1 low
27. South East Purbeck47.5 low
28. Gillingham48.3 low
29. Sherborne East49 low
30. Lytchett Matravers & Upton51.7 low
31. Sherborne West52.3 low
32. Ferndown South52.5 low
33. Ferndown North54.7 low
34. Dorchester East55.1 low
35. Sturminster Newton57.6 low
36. Shaftesbury Town58.1 low
37. Rodwell & Wyke59.2 low
38. West Purbeck60 low
39. Swanage62.4 low
40. Littlemoor & Preston63.2 low
41. Lyme & Charmouth63.3 low
42. Wareham66.2 low
43. Blandford69.7 low
44. Chickerell72 low
45. Dorchester Poundbury73.1 low
46. Bridport75.3 low
47. Portland81.7 low
48. Radipole88.5 low
49. Wimborne Minster89.1 low
50. Westham93 low
51. Dorchester West128 medium
52. Melcombe Regis433 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Sept 2023 - Aug 2024

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