Annual crime rate in Dorchester postcode area is 25, i.e. 25 crimes committed per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Dorchester's crime rate is at 79%. Violent crime makes up 31.0% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 5.2k, and this number has increased by 16.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2018 - August 2019.
25
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
79%
of national crime rate
31.0%
of all crimes
5.2k
crimes committed
16.1%
annual change
Dorchester violent crime rate comparison map
September 2018 - August 2019
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
DT1 1
49%
16
230
DT1 2
66%
21
202
DT1 3
88%
28
71
DT10 1
65%
21
115
DT10 2
42%
13
70
DT11 0
36%
12
82
DT11 7
96%
31
292
DT11 8
26%
8
72
DT11 9
47%
15
64
DT2 0
26%
8
25
DT2 7
37%
12
58
DT2 8
42%
13
94
DT2 9
45%
14
91
DT3 4
48%
15
94
DT3 5
67%
21
151
DT3 6
111%
35
237
DT4 0
153%
49
476
DT4 7
194%
62
477
DT4 8
233%
74
517
DT4 9
118%
37
414
DT5 1
136%
43
284
DT5 2
92%
29
141
DT6 3
66%
21
155
DT6 4
54%
17
88
DT6 5
78%
25
132
DT6 6
62%
20
64
DT7 3
43%
14
75
DT8 3
60%
19
99
DT9 3
45%
14
84
DT9 4
49%
16
81
DT9 5
57%
18
68
DT9 6
49%
16
84
Dorchester violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 25 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 23. lowest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
23.
lowest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
25
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 16.1% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2018 - August 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 September 2018 - August 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.
16.1%
annual change
25
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
5.2k
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.
