Total Crime Rate

129.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · 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 129.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.1 9/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Franchise Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 121st 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 Franchise Street (DT4 8JX) in the last 12 months was 129.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.3% lower 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Franchise Street (DT4 8JX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Franchise Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elwell Manor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Chapelhay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Portmore Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsh Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Elwell Manor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower St Edmund Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower St Edmund Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower St Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Close Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Close Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Close Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franchise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franchise Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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