Crime Rate in Dorchester West, ward

Dorchester West has the 7th highest crime rate of 52 wards in Dorset district and the 3307th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 242nd highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Dorchester West in the last 12 months was 70.8 per 1,000 residents and was 25.0% higher than the Dorset district average (56.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dorchester West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 220 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 266 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dorchester West ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 61 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hospital (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.