Total Crime Rate
30.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Weston Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Portland , and the 570th lowest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Weston Road (DT5 2DB) in the last 12 months was 30.0 per 1,000 residents and was 56.7% lower than the Portland average (69.4 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weston Road (DT5 2DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Courtlands Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Yeolands Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gypsy Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtlands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeolands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeolands Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeolands Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeolands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtlands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Avalanche Road | — |
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