Total Crime Rate

76.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 76.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.7 6/10
  • Robbery 9.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Dorchester Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Littlemoor & Preston , and the 245th highest crime rate of 1,293 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 Dorchester Road (DT4 7LF) in the last 12 months was 76.7 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% higher than the Littlemoor & Preston average (62.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorchester Road (DT4 7LF), the main crime hotspot is near Coleridge Place. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dorchester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Coleridge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hetherly Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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