Total Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dorchester Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 36 local areas in Beaminster , and the 256th lowest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dorchester Road (DT2 0BE) in the last 12 months was 15.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% lower than the Beaminster average (36.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dorchester Road (DT2 0BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dorchester Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maiden Newton (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dorchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dorchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dorchester Road | Under investigation |
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