Crime Rates at Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT4 7JS

Dorchester Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 1,293 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 Dorchester Road (DT4 7JS) in the last 12 months was 163.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% lower than the Melcombe Regis average (385.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 76.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 275.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorchester Road (DT4 7JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brunswick Terrace, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lennox Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.