Annual crime rate in Dorchester postcode area is 24.8, i.e. 24.8 crimes committed per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Dorchester's crime rate is at 78%. Violent crime makes up 31.3% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 5.1k, and this number has increased by 10.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2018 - October 2019.
24.8
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
78%
of national crime rate
31.3%
of all crimes
5.1k
crimes committed
10.5%
annual change
Dorchester violent crime rate comparison map
November 2018 - October 2019
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
DT1 1
47%
15
222
DT1 2
66%
21
204
DT1 3
87%
28
70
DT10 1
68%
22
120
DT10 2
43%
14
72
DT11 0
40%
13
90
DT11 7
102%
33
311
DT11 8
27%
9
73
DT11 9
50%
16
69
DT2 0
22%
7
21
DT2 7
40%
13
62
DT2 8
38%
12
86
DT2 9
46%
15
93
DT3 4
57%
18
111
DT3 5
68%
22
152
DT3 6
108%
34
231
DT4 0
144%
46
446
DT4 7
187%
59
460
DT4 8
230%
73
511
DT4 9
117%
37
413
DT5 1
130%
41
272
DT5 2
102%
33
157
DT6 3
64%
20
150
DT6 4
50%
16
81
DT6 5
80%
25
135
DT6 6
64%
20
66
DT7 3
40%
13
70
DT8 3
56%
18
92
DT9 3
44%
14
82
DT9 4
46%
15
77
DT9 5
56%
18
67
DT9 6
47%
15
81
Dorchester violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 24.8 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
24.8
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 10.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2018 - October 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 November 2018 - October 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.
10.5%
annual change
24.8
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.
