Annual crime rate in Dorchester postcode area is 23.9, i.e. 23.9 crimes committed per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Dorchester's crime rate is at 77%. Violent crime makes up 27.9% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 5.0k, and this number has increased by 25.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2018 - February 2019.
23.9
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
77%
of national crime rate
27.9%
of all crimes
5.0k
crimes committed
25.9%
annual change
Dorchester violent crime rate comparison map
March 2018 - February 2019
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
DT1 1
53%
16
240
DT1 2
64%
20
193
DT1 3
85%
26
67
DT10 1
56%
17
97
DT10 2
40%
12
66
DT11 0
29%
9
65
DT11 7
96%
30
283
DT11 8
28%
9
74
DT11 9
42%
13
56
DT2 0
26%
8
25
DT2 7
39%
12
59
DT2 8
40%
12
87
DT2 9
49%
15
97
DT3 4
58%
18
109
DT3 5
74%
23
162
DT3 6
92%
28
191
DT4 0
144%
45
437
DT4 7
209%
65
503
DT4 8
242%
75
523
DT4 9
91%
28
314
DT5 1
143%
44
290
DT5 2
102%
32
153
DT6 3
62%
19
143
DT6 4
45%
14
72
DT6 5
64%
20
106
DT6 6
51%
16
51
DT7 3
49%
15
82
DT8 3
53%
16
85
DT9 3
53%
17
98
DT9 4
53%
16
86
DT9 5
53%
16
62
DT9 6
47%
14
78
Dorchester violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 23.9 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 21. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
21.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
23.9
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Dorchester violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 5.0k, and this number has increased by 25.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2018 - February 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 March 2018 - February 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.
25.9%
annual change
23.9
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
5.0k
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.
