Total Crime Rate

260.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 260.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 124.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.1 9/10
  • Drugs 15.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Vicarage Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Dorchester East , and the 35th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

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 Vicarage Lane (DT1 1LH) in the last 12 months was 260.7 per 1,000 residents and was 281.1% higher than the Dorchester East average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 357.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 81.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Lane (DT1 1LH), the main crime hotspot is near Salisbury Street. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Alfred Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robins Garth —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour London Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints' Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Channons Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durnover Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Durnover Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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