Total Crime Rate

167.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 167.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.0 9/10
  • Public order 27.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 9.9 5/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dorchester Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Brympton , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 1,848 local areas in Somerset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dorchester Road (BA20 2RH) in the last 12 months was 167.7 per 1,000 residents and was 193.6% higher than the Brympton average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -52.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 110.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorchester Road (BA20 2RH), the main crime hotspot is near Park/Open Space. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dorchester Road area

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Data Sources

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