Total Crime Rate

449.0 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 449.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 142.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 115.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 54.4 10/10
  • Public order 34.0 10/10
  • Other theft 27.2 10/10
  • Other crime 20.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 20.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Trinity Terrace area has the 6th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 10th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Trinity Terrace (DT4 8JW) in the last 12 months was 449.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (β‰ˆ 176.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trinity Terrace (DT4 8JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 91 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 Trinity Terrace area

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

Data Sources

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