Total Crime Rate

240.0 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 240.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 80.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.0 10/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Prince Of Wales Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Dorchester East , and the 41st highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Prince Of Wales Road (DT1 1PW) in the last 12 months was 240.0 per 1,000 residents and was 250.8% higher than the Dorchester East average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 80.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prince Of Wales Road (DT1 1PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prince Of Wales Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Western Road —
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alexandra Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3144 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B3144 —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3144 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B3144 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Linden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Great Western Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Great Western Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Western Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alexandra Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints' Road —

Data Sources

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