Annual crime rate in Dorchester postcode area is 5.5, i.e. 5.5 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Dorchester's crime rate is at 64%. Other theft crime makes up 7.0% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "other theft crime" is 1.1k, and this number has decreased by 21.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020.
5.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
64%
of national crime rate
7.0%
of all crimes
1.1k
crimes reported
-21.6%
annual change
Dorchester other theft crime rate comparison map
March 2019 - February 2020
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
DT1 1
69%
6
88
DT1 2
61%
5
51
DT1 3
50%
4
11
DT10 1
42%
4
20
DT10 2
37%
3
17
DT11 0
47%
4
29
DT11 7
69%
6
57
DT11 8
28%
2
21
DT11 9
65%
6
24
DT2 0
53%
5
14
DT2 7
52%
4
22
DT2 8
50%
4
30
DT2 9
53%
5
29
DT3 4
42%
4
22
DT3 5
68%
6
41
DT3 6
62%
5
36
DT4 0
58%
5
49
DT4 7
114%
10
76
DT4 8
185%
16
111
DT4 9
99%
8
94
DT5 1
78%
7
44
DT5 2
46%
4
19
DT6 3
78%
7
50
DT6 4
43%
4
19
DT6 5
48%
4
22
DT6 6
54%
5
15
DT7 3
53%
5
25
DT8 3
36%
3
16
DT9 3
59%
5
30
DT9 4
58%
5
26
DT9 5
52%
5
17
DT9 6
32%
3
15
Dorchester other theft crime rate rank
Other theft crime rate is 5.5 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 15. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
15.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
5.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Dorchester other theft crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "other theft crime" is 1.1k, and this number has decreased by 21.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between March 2019 - February 2020 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.
-21.6%
annual change
5.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
1.1k
crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeCrime rate per 1000 workday people
Dorchester other theft crime rate
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
Dorchester other theft crime seasonality
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2015 till 2019.
