Crime Rate in Wareham, ward

Wareham has the 16th highest crime rate of 52 wards in Dorset district and the 3167th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 380th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wareham in the last 12 months was 56.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.1% higher than the Dorset district average (56.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wareham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 154 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 191 (≈ 19.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wareham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 49 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (15 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.