Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 36.7% | 7. lowest | 73% | 5.3k | 3.4% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 25.3% | 39. highest | 113% | 3.7k | -12.4% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.6% | 12. lowest | 76% | 1.3k | -13.0% |
Other theft crime → | 6.6% | 4. lowest | 57% | 959 | 4.0% |
Public order crime → | 6.4% | 6. lowest | 56% | 931 | -3.4% |
Shoplifting crime → | 5.8% | 4. lowest | 57% | 845 | 42.3% |
Burglary crime → | 3.4% | 6. lowest | 55% | 494 | -8.5% |
Vehicle crime → | 3.0% | 8. lowest | 33% | 434 | 8.0% |
Drugs crime → | 1.3% | 1. lowest | 34% | 192 | -19.7% |
Other crime → | 0.8% | 3. lowest | 29% | 111 | -5.1% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 0.7% | 7. lowest | 53% | 101 | 68.3% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 0.6% | 5. lowest | 35% | 82 | 12.3% |
Robbery crime → | 0.4% | 7. lowest | 22% | 61 | 22.0% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.4% | 6. lowest | 13% | 57 | 16.3% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "antisocial behaviour crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Antisocial behaviour crime" rate is at 113% of national crime rate which puts Dorchester on 39. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Antisocial behaviour crime" makes up 25.3% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "antisocial behaviour crime" is 3.7k cases and has decreased by 12.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.