Total Crime Rate

200.0 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 200.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.3 10/10
  • Burglary 26.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.3 6/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Coombe Street area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Lyme & Charmouth , and the 50th 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 Coombe Street (DT7 3PR) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 237.5% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coombe Street (DT7 3PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsway (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Coombe Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Staples Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary East Cliff Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coombe Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsway
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langmoor Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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