Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Grangecroft Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Portland , and the 128th 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 Grangecroft Road (DT5 2AG) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% higher than the Portland average (76.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 88.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grangecroft Road (DT5 2AG), the main crime hotspot is near Grangecroft Road. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grangecroft Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Court Barton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barleycroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolcombe Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Blacknor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blindmere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Court Barton —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Court Barton —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Court Barton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grangecroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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