Total Crime Rate
947.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
373.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maiden Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 2nd 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 Maiden Street (DT4 8BB) in the last 12 months was 947.1 per 1,000 residents and was 152.6% 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 104 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 127 (β 373.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maiden Street (DT4 8BB), 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 | Shoplifting | Great George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Edmund Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | School Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower St Edmund Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
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