Total Crime Rate

46.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 46.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.8 3/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

West Hill Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Lyme & Charmouth , and the 476th highest crime rate of 1,293 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 West Hill Road (DT7 3LL) in the last 12 months was 46.8 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% lower than the Lyme & Charmouth average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Hill Road (DT7 3LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windsor Terrace, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Vicarage Garden (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Hill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft B3165 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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