Total Crime Rate

111.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 111.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Crown Street West area has the 15th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Dorchester East , and the 152nd 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 Crown Street West (DT1 3DW) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 62.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crown Street West (DT1 3DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Canford Street (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Crown Street West area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merrivale —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merrivale —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merrivale —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hamslade Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vickery Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pavilion Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Halstock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ringhill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peverell Avenue East —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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