Total Crime Rate

166.7 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 166.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 38.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.3 6/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.8 10/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Remus Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Dorchester East , and the 68th 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 Remus Close (DT1 2TQ) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 143.6% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Remus Close (DT1 2TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Remus Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Remus Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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