Crime Rates at Victoria Road, Dorchester, DT1 1SB

Victoria Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Dorchester East , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Road (DT1 1SB) in the last 12 months was 138.9 per 1,000 residents and was 103.0% higher than the Dorchester East average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Road (DT1 1SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.