Total Crime Rate

154.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 154.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

New Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Portland , and the 80th 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 New Street (DT5 1HH) in the last 12 months was 154.8 per 1,000 residents and was 103.6% higher than the Portland average (76.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 186.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Street (DT5 1HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Easton Square, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moorfield Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Easton Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Easton Square —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Easton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bumpers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bumpers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Church Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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