Dorset violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Dorset county is 27.6 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Dorset's rate is at 79% as of October 2024.Violent crime makes up 32.8% of all crimes reported in the county. The total number of "violent crime" is 20.2k, and this number has decreased by 2.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2023 - August 2024.

Dorset countycrime statisticEngland & Wales
27.6 annual crime rate per 1k workday people35
79% ratio of national crime rate100%
32.8% share of all crimes34.4%
20.2k crimes reported2.0M
-2.2% annual change-3.8%

Dorset violent crime rate comparison map

Dorset violent crime rate comparison map

Dorset violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 6. lowest crime rate out of 54 counties

Dorset violent crime rate rank

Dorset violent crime rate compared to other counties

The total number of "violent crime" is 20.2k, and this number has decreased by 2.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2023 - August 2024. In the graph below, county are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the county crime rate between September 2023 - August 2024 to the county crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the county.

-2.2% annual change, crime is declining

20.2k crimes reported

Dorset violent crime rate compared to other countiesCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Dorset violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2011 to August 2024.

Dorset violent crime volume

Dorset violent crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Dorset violent crime rate

Dorset violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2019 till 2023.

Dorset violent crime seasonality

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