Crime Rates at Middlemarsh Street, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3GX

Middlemarsh Street area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Dorchester Poundbury , and the 48th 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 Middlemarsh Street (DT1 3GX) in the last 12 months was 203.2 per 1,000 residents and was 169.2% higher than the Dorchester Poundbury average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 96.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 500.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middlemarsh Street (DT1 3GX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cambridge Walk, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Margaret Place (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.