Annual crime rate in Dorchester postcode area is 25.2, i.e. 25.2 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Dorchester's crime rate is at 79%. Violent crime makes up 32.0% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 5.2k, and this number has increased by 5.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020.
25.2
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
79%
of national crime rate
32.0%
of all crimes
5.2k
crimes reported
5.6%
annual change
Dorchester violent 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
47%
15
220
DT1 2
64%
20
198
DT1 3
88%
28
72
DT10 1
66%
21
118
DT10 2
42%
14
72
DT11 0
44%
14
101
DT11 7
96%
31
294
DT11 8
29%
9
79
DT11 9
60%
19
83
DT2 0
35%
11
34
DT2 7
36%
11
56
DT2 8
42%
14
95
DT2 9
41%
13
84
DT3 4
61%
20
120
DT3 5
65%
21
146
DT3 6
110%
35
237
DT4 0
148%
47
462
DT4 7
171%
55
424
DT4 8
226%
72
505
DT4 9
127%
41
452
DT5 1
127%
41
267
DT5 2
103%
33
160
DT6 3
72%
23
171
DT6 4
55%
18
90
DT6 5
97%
31
165
DT6 6
59%
19
62
DT7 3
37%
12
65
DT8 3
59%
19
98
DT9 3
36%
11
68
DT9 4
51%
16
85
DT9 5
55%
18
66
DT9 6
47%
15
81
Dorchester violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 25.2 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 24. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
24.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
25.2
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Dorchester violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 5.2k, and this number has increased by 5.6% 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.
5.6%
annual change
25.2
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
5.2k
crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeCrime rate per 1000 workday people
Dorchester violent crime rate
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
Dorchester violent 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.
