Total Crime Rate

44.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 44.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.5 4/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Cheap Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Sherborne East , and the 508th highest 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 Cheap Street (DT9 3PU) in the last 12 months was 44.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 22.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheap Street (DT9 3PU), 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 Cheap Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hound Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Half Moon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powys Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Half Moon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cheap Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Higher Cheap Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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