Total Crime Rate
34.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Vicarage Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Bridport , and the 619th lowest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Vicarage Road (DT6 4BT) in the last 12 months was 34.0 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% lower than the Bridport average (66.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Vicarage Road (DT6 4BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Church Road, where police recorded 2 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duck Street (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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