Published crime rates, Dorset (Dorset Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 37	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BH2 9,544 residents	299.7	2,860
2	BH1 23,692 residents	233.8	5,539
3	DT4 37,391 residents	118.6	4,436
4	BH11 20,882 residents	103.5	2,161
5	BH15 35,648 residents	103.5	3,689
6	BH8 32,117 residents	103.1	3,311
7	BH5 11,263 residents	95.7	1,078
8	BH12 36,174 residents	86.6	3,133
9	BH7 11,696 residents	85.4	999
10	BH3 5,632 residents	81.7	460
11	DT1 21,372 residents	76.3	1,631
12	BH9 32,618 residents	75.0	2,447
13	BH10 20,951 residents	71.9	1,506
14	DT5 13,548 residents	67.0	908
15	BH13 8,043 residents	65.8	529
16	BH16 16,168 residents	62.6	1,012
17	SP7 15,552 residents	61.3	954
18	BH17 23,052 residents	60.7	1,399
19	BH4 9,615 residents	58.8	565

Lowest published rates

Rank of 37	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
37	BH31 13,642 residents	26.2	357
36	DT8 6,059 residents	27.2	165
35	DT2 25,891 residents	29.8	772
34	BH18 11,949 residents	30.7	367
33	DT7 5,583 residents	35.5	198
32	BH22 27,615 residents	40.7	1,125
31	SP8 14,385 residents	43.5	626
30	DT11 30,216 residents	43.9	1,327
29	DT10 12,049 residents	44.8	540
28	DT9 22,377 residents	45.8	1,025
27	BH20 20,305 residents	49.3	1,002
26	BH19 11,178 residents	49.4	552
25	BH21 42,644 residents	50.0	2,133
24	BH6 23,233 residents	51.3	1,193
23	BH14 25,195 residents	52.9	1,333
22	BH23 55,315 residents	54.4	3,010
21	DT6 21,784 residents	55.4	1,207
20	DT3 24,760 residents	56.1	1,390

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 78	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BH15 1 6,493 residents	275.4	1,788
2	BH1 3 7,138 residents	154.7	1,104
3	BH1 4 10,474 residents	141.4	1,481
4	BH11 8 10,152 residents	134.0	1,360
5	DT4 7 7,995 residents	127.1	1,016
6	DT1 1 6,406 residents	121.1	776
7	BH23 1 5,619 residents	119.6	672
8	BH12 4 9,460 residents	118.6	1,122
9	BH8 9 9,613 residents	115.9	1,114
10	BH5 1 6,748 residents	114.4	772
11	BH15 2 7,276 residents	105.0	764
12	BH8 8 15,160 residents	104.6	1,585
13	DT4 0 12,964 residents	96.4	1,250
14	BH9 2 10,457 residents	93.7	980
15	BH17 7 8,794 residents	84.0	739
16	BH8 0 7,344 residents	83.3	612
17	BH3 7 5,632 residents	81.7	460
18	BH23 3 9,231 residents	81.4	751
19	BH9 1 12,698 residents	80.9	1,027
20	DT5 1 7,092 residents	78.4	556

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 78	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
78	DT2 9 8,073 residents	21.3	172
77	DT11 8 7,129 residents	21.7	155
76	BH23 5 7,368 residents	23.6	174
75	BH31 6 10,192 residents	25.3	258
74	BH18 9 6,826 residents	26.5	181
73	DT8 3 6,059 residents	27.2	165
72	DT2 7 5,791 residents	27.3	158
71	BH17 8 7,932 residents	29.0	230
70	BH22 0 7,384 residents	32.4	239
69	BH23 4 10,074 residents	32.6	328
68	DT10 2 5,862 residents	32.8	192
67	DT9 6 6,884 residents	32.8	226
66	DT11 0 7,310 residents	35.0	256
65	DT7 3 5,583 residents	35.5	198
64	BH18 8 5,123 residents	36.3	186
63	BH21 3 11,126 residents	37.3	415
62	BH22 8 10,757 residents	37.5	403
61	DT2 8 8,366 residents	39.9	334
60	BH24 2 7,902 residents	40.1	317
59	DT1 2 10,975 residents	41.5	455

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