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Crime Rates in Dorset, local authority district

Crime Rate

58.6

58.6

Low 2/10

Last updated: 06.11.2024

Annual total crime rate in Dorset, (local authority district) is 58.6 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 13.3 5/10
Criminal damage and arson 5.03 2/10
Other theft 3.99 2/10
Public order 3.78 2/10
Shoplifting 3.75 2/10
Vehicle crime 2.89 3/10
Burglary 2.21 2/10
Drugs 0.756 1/10
Other crime 0.735 1/10
Bicycle theft 0.406 2/10
Possession of weapons 0.406 2/10
Robbery 0.256 1/10
Theft from the person 0.248 1/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2023 - Sept 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 Chase22.4 low
2. Marshwood Vale27.1 low
3. Puddletown & Lower Winterborne27.1 low
4. Yetminster30 low
5. Stalbridge & Marnhull30.4 low
6. Corfe Mullen31.3 low
7. Chalk Valleys31.8 low
8. Blackmore Vale32.1 low
9. West Parley32.8 low
10. Stour & Allen Vale33.1 low
11. Eggardon33.2 low
12. Verwood33.3 low
13. Winterborne & Broadmayne33.6 low
14. Charminster St Mary's33.9 low
15. Chesil Bank34.1 low
16. Colehill & Wimborne Minster East36.5 low
17. Beaminster38.1 low
18. Crossways38.8 low
19. Beacon39.2 low
20. St Leonards & St Ives39.6 low
21. Cranborne & Alderholt40.2 low
22. Sherborne Rural41.1 low
23. West Moors & Three Legged Cross43 low
24. Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants43.3 low
25. South East Purbeck46.6 low
26. Gillingham46.9 low
27. Winterborne North47.8 low
28. Upwey & Broadwey48.4 low
29. Sherborne East49.6 low
30. Ferndown South50.9 low
31. Lytchett Matravers & Upton51.8 low
32. Sherborne West54.1 low
33. Ferndown North54.6 low
34. Dorchester East54.7 low
35. Shaftesbury Town56 low
36. Rodwell & Wyke60.2 low
37. West Purbeck60.2 low
38. Sturminster Newton60.4 low
39. Swanage60.8 low
40. Littlemoor & Preston63.4 low
41. Wareham65.4 low
42. Lyme & Charmouth67 low
43. Dorchester Poundbury67.8 low
44. Blandford69 low
45. Chickerell71.8 low
46. Bridport74.3 low
47. Portland80.7 low
48. Wimborne Minster87.6 low
49. Radipole90.4 low
50. Westham91.8 low
51. Dorchester West124 medium
52. Melcombe Regis432 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2023 - Sept 2024

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