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Crime Rates in Dorset, local authority district

Crime Rate

58.9

58.9

Low 2/10

Last updated: 04.12.2024

Annual total crime rate in Dorset, (local authority district) is 58.9 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 20.9 2/10
Anti-social behaviour 13 4/10
Criminal damage and arson 5.02 3/10
Other theft 4 2/10
Public order 3.88 2/10
Shoplifting 3.8 2/10
Vehicle crime 3.2 3/10
Burglary 2.22 2/10
Drugs 0.782 1/10
Other crime 0.743 1/10
Possession of weapons 0.414 2/10
Bicycle theft 0.398 2/10
Robbery 0.248 1/10
Theft from the person 0.245 1/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2023 - Oct 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 Chase21.2 low
2. Marshwood Vale28 low
3. Puddletown & Lower Winterborne29.1 low
4. Yetminster29.6 low
5. Stalbridge & Marnhull30.8 low
6. Blackmore Vale31 low
7. Corfe Mullen32.1 low
8. West Parley32.6 low
9. Chesil Bank33.3 low
10. Stour & Allen Vale33.7 low
11. Charminster St Mary's34 low
12. Eggardon34.3 low
13. Chalk Valleys34.3 low
14. Verwood34.6 low
15. Winterborne & Broadmayne34.9 low
16. Colehill & Wimborne Minster East36.8 low
17. Crossways37 low
18. Beaminster37.3 low
19. Cranborne & Alderholt37.4 low
20. Beacon38.4 low
21. Sherborne Rural39.3 low
22. St Leonards & St Ives40.4 low
23. West Moors & Three Legged Cross42.7 low
24. Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants43.4 low
25. South East Purbeck46.7 low
26. Winterborne North47.3 low
27. Gillingham47.8 low
28. Upwey & Broadwey48.1 low
29. Lytchett Matravers & Upton49.7 low
30. Ferndown South50.3 low
31. Sherborne East53.7 low
32. Ferndown North55.3 low
33. Dorchester East57.2 low
34. Swanage58.7 low
35. Sturminster Newton58.7 low
36. Rodwell & Wyke59.4 low
37. Shaftesbury Town59.5 low
38. West Purbeck59.9 low
39. Sherborne West60.4 low
40. Littlemoor & Preston64.7 low
41. Chickerell67.1 low
42. Dorchester Poundbury67.5 low
43. Wareham67.6 low
44. Lyme & Charmouth68.1 low
45. Blandford69.6 low
46. Bridport73.6 low
47. Portland82.2 low
48. Radipole88.4 low
49. Wimborne Minster90.4 low
50. Westham91 low
51. Dorchester West124 medium
52. Melcombe Regis436 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2023 - Oct 2024

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