Total Crime Rate
449.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Trinity 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Melcombe Regis| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower St Edmund Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower St Edmund Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Edmund Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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