Annual crime rate in Dorchester postcode area is 23.2, i.e. 23.2 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% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 4.8k, and this number has increased by 26.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2018 - December 2018.
23.2
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
77%
of national crime rate
27%
of all crimes
4.8k
crimes committed
26.2%
annual change
Dorchester violent crime rate comparison map
January 2018 - December 2018
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
DT1 1
57%
17
254
DT1 2
64%
19
187
DT1 3
81%
24
62
DT10 1
52%
16
88
DT10 2
42%
13
67
DT11 0
32%
10
69
DT11 7
91%
27
261
DT11 8
29%
9
74
DT11 9
40%
12
52
DT2 0
27%
8
25
DT2 7
37%
11
55
DT2 8
44%
13
94
DT2 9
47%
14
90
DT3 4
58%
17
106
DT3 5
71%
21
150
DT3 6
91%
27
184
DT4 0
149%
45
439
DT4 7
206%
62
481
DT4 8
251%
76
529
DT4 9
88%
27
295
DT5 1
137%
41
272
DT5 2
106%
32
154
DT6 3
58%
18
131
DT6 4
43%
13
66
DT6 5
62%
19
100
DT6 6
46%
14
45
DT7 3
46%
14
76
DT8 3
58%
17
90
DT9 3
52%
16
93
DT9 4
53%
16
83
DT9 5
52%
16
59
DT9 6
47%
14
76
Dorchester violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 23.2 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
23.2
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Dorchester violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 4.8k, and this number has increased by 26.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2018 - December 2018. 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 January 2018 - December 2018 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.
26.2%
annual change
23.2
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
4.8k
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 commited in a given calendar month(1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years.
