Total Crime Rate
721.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025School Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 5th highest crime rate of 1,293 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 School Street (DT4 8NH) in the last 12 months was 721.4 per 1,000 residents and was 87.2% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 512.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 76 (β 290.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around School Street (DT4 8NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Great George 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Nicholas Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caroline Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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