Total Crime Rate
449.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Trinity Street 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 Street (DT4 8TW) 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 Street (DT4 8TW), the main crime hotspot is near St Edmund Street. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Melcombe Regis| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas 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 | Bicycle theft | Esplanade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilgrims Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pilgrims Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pilgrims Way | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Nicholas Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Nicholas Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower St Edmund Street | Local resolution |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Edmund Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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