Annual crime rate in Dorchester postcode area is 24.4, i.e. 24.4 crimes committed per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Dorchester's crime rate is at 76%. Violent crime makes up 29.8% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 5.1k, and this number has increased by 17.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2018 - June 2019.
24.4
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
76%
of national crime rate
29.8%
of all crimes
5.1k
crimes committed
17.0%
annual change
Dorchester violent crime rate comparison map
July 2018 - June 2019
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
DT1 1
50%
16
233
DT1 2
58%
19
180
DT1 3
84%
27
68
DT10 1
61%
19
108
DT10 2
35%
11
60
DT11 0
33%
11
76
DT11 7
94%
30
288
DT11 8
28%
9
78
DT11 9
45%
14
62
DT2 0
29%
9
28
DT2 7
39%
12
61
DT2 8
42%
13
94
DT2 9
45%
14
92
DT3 4
53%
17
103
DT3 5
74%
24
167
DT3 6
103%
33
221
DT4 0
151%
48
470
DT4 7
195%
62
483
DT4 8
232%
74
518
DT4 9
107%
34
378
DT5 1
135%
43
283
DT5 2
95%
30
147
DT6 3
62%
20
146
DT6 4
48%
15
78
DT6 5
72%
23
122
DT6 6
49%
16
51
DT7 3
42%
13
73
DT8 3
56%
18
93
DT9 3
46%
15
87
DT9 4
49%
16
81
DT9 5
52%
17
63
DT9 6
46%
15
79
Dorchester violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 24.4 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 20. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
20.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
24.4
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Dorchester violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 5.1k, and this number has increased by 17.0% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2018 - June 2019. 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 July 2018 - June 2019 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes committed. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes committed in the postcode area.
17.0%
annual change
24.4
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
5.1k
crimes committed
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 committed in a given calendar month(1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years.
