Total Crime Rate

149.4 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 149.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.2 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • 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

Back Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Sherborne East , and the 84th highest crime rate of 1,293 local areas in Dorset .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Back Lane (DT9 3JE) in the last 12 months was 149.4 per 1,000 residents and was 134.8% higher than the Sherborne East average (63.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 333.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Back Lane (DT9 3JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cheap Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Finger Lane (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Back Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powys Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Higher Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornhill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornhill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornhill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornhill —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kitt Hill —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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