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Crime Rates in Dorset, local authority district

Crime Rate

55.4

55.4

Low 1/10

* the lower the better

Last updated: 04.03.2026

Annual total crime rate in Dorset, (local authority district) is 55.4 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 1 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

Crime typeRateScore
Violence and sexual offences
20.71/10
Anti-social behaviour
13.54/10
Criminal damage and arson
4.522/10
Shoplifting
3.812/10
Other theft
3.521/10
Public order
2.991/10
Burglary
2.052/10
Vehicle crime
1.842/10
Drugs
0.8271/10
Other crime
0.6771/10
Possession of weapons
0.3321/10
Bicycle theft
0.2712/10
Robbery
0.2481/10
Theft from the person
0.1661/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

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

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

The figures in black 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 annual 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 of wards within Dorset (local authority district)

Ward nameCrime Rate
1. Charminster St Mary's26.1 low
2. Puddletown & Lower Winterborne26.4 low
3. Marshwood Vale27.4 low
4. Cranborne Chase27.8 low
5. Chalk Valleys28 low
6. Crossways29.2 low
7. Eggardon29.4 low
8. Blackmore Vale30.6 low
9. Winterborne & Broadmayne31.1 low
10. Chesil Bank31.3 low
11. Corfe Mullen31.3 low
12. Yetminster32.4 low
13. Cranborne & Alderholt32.4 low
14. Verwood33.5 low
15. West Parley33.5 low
16. Stour & Allen Vale33.9 low
17. Stalbridge & Marnhull33.9 low
18. Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants38.7 low
19. Lytchett Matravers & Upton38.7 low
20. West Moors & Three Legged Cross40.2 low
21. Gillingham41 low
22. Beaminster41.1 low
23. South East Purbeck42.6 low
24. Colehill & Wimborne Minster East42.7 low
25. Winterborne North43 low
26. Beacon43.6 low
27. Ferndown South44.6 low
28. St Leonards & St Ives46.2 low
29. Swanage47.1 low
30. Upwey & Broadwey48.5 low
31. Sherborne Rural50 low
32. Lyme & Charmouth52.2 low
33. Wareham52.9 low
34. Ferndown North53.7 low
35. Rodwell & Wyke53.8 low
36. Sturminster Newton55.1 low
37. Blandford55.8 low
38. Dorchester East56.7 low
39. West Purbeck56.9 low
40. Sherborne East58.3 low
41. Chickerell58.4 low
42. Littlemoor & Preston62 low
43. Bridport66.1 low
44. Dorchester Poundbury70.2 low
45. Shaftesbury Town71 low
46. Sherborne West71.4 low
47. Portland74.4 low
48. Radipole82.1 low
49. Westham97.4 low
50. Dorchester West106 low
51. Wimborne Minster107 low
52. Melcombe Regis380 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Feb 2025 - Jan 2026

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