Total Crime Rate

52.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 52.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.8 6/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Orion Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 420th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Orion Road (DT4 8LG) in the last 12 months was 52.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.4% lower than the Melcombe Regis average (385.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orion Road (DT4 8LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lower St Edmund Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rodwell Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Orion Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Portmore Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower St Edmund Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chapelhay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower St Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower St Edmund Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elwell Manor 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 New Close Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elwell Manor Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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