Total Crime Rate

88.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 40.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Challacombe Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Dorchester Poundbury , and the 209th highest crime rate of 1,290 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 Challacombe Street (DT1 3SN) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% higher than the Dorchester Poundbury average (77.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Challacombe Street (DT1 3SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherberton Street (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Challacombe Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Bowes-Lyon Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dunnabridge Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ringhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rundlestone Court
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coningsby Place Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other theft Trematon Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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