Total Crime Rate
107.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charles Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 148th highest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Charles Street (DT4 7JG) in the last 12 months was 107.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% lower than the Melcombe Regis average (374.9 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charles Street (DT4 7JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Melcombe Regis| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weymouth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walpole Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glendinning Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albert Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlton Road North | Under investigation |
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