Total Crime Rate

47.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 23.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hobart Cottages area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 450th highest crime rate of 1,290 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 Hobart Cottages (DT4 8SJ) in the last 12 months was 47.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.3% lower than the Melcombe Regis average (374.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hobart Cottages (DT4 8SJ), the main crime hotspot is near St Edmund Street. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hobart Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High West Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rodwell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rodwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Edmund Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newberry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High West Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower St Edmund Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orion Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery St Edmund Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Edmund Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Portwey Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orion Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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