Total Crime Rate
88.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Challacombe 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bowes-Lyon Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunnabridge Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ringhill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rundlestone Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coningsby Place | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trematon Street | Under investigation |
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