Total Crime Rate

802.9 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 802.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 261.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 238.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 58.8 8/10
  • Other theft 52.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.2 10/10
  • Public order 35.3 10/10
  • Burglary 29.4 10/10
  • Drugs 20.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.7 10/10
  • Other crime 11.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 11.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Helen Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 4th 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 Helen Lane (DT4 8AX) in the last 12 months was 802.9 per 1,000 residents and was 108.4% higher 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 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -68.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 105 (β‰ˆ 308.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Helen Lane (DT4 8AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Edmund Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Helen Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Nicholas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Nicholas Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caroline Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower St Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower St Edmund Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower St Edmund Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower St Edmund Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caroline Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Thomas Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs St Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund Street β€”

Data Sources

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