Total Crime Rate

203.2 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 203.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bridport Road 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 Bridport Road (DT1 3TS) 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 Bridport Road (DT1 3TS), the main crime hotspot is near Cambridge Walk. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bridport Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springham Walk —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blagdon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evershot Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Evershot Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitfield Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John Way —
Sep 2025Other theft St John Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nantillo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pitcote Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peverell Avenue East —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridport Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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