Total Crime Rate
886.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queen Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 3rd 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 Queen Street (DT4 7HZ) in the last 12 months was 886.4 per 1,000 residents and was 130.0% higher than the Melcombe Regis average (385.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (β 363.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queen Street (DT4 7HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Great George Street. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Melcombe Regis| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Great George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great George Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | William Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upway Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Weymouth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weymouth | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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