Total Crime Rate
1391.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
526.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Edmund Street area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the highest crime rate of 1,290 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 St Edmund Street (DT4 8AS) in the last 12 months was 1391.5 per 1,000 residents and was 271.2% higher than the Melcombe Regis average (374.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 216 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 199 (β 526.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Edmund Street (DT4 8AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Great George Street, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Street (49 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 | Public order | Westham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Nicholas Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Nicholas Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Nicholas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Nicholas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Nicholas Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Edmund Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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