Published vehicle crime rates, Dorset (Dorset Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published vehicle 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	13.2	126
2	BH1 23,692 residents	12.7	302
3	BH3 5,632 residents	9.2	52
4	BH8 32,117 residents	7.5	240
5	BH5 11,263 residents	7.0	79
6	BH4 9,615 residents	6.1	59
7	BH15 35,648 residents	6.1	217
8	BH11 20,882 residents	5.8	122
9	BH7 11,696 residents	5.6	66
10	BH9 32,618 residents	5.5	180
11	BH6 23,233 residents	4.8	111
12	BH12 36,174 residents	4.6	166
13	BH10 20,951 residents	4.5	94
14	BH16 16,168 residents	4.4	71
15	BH14 25,195 residents	4.0	101
16	BH17 23,052 residents	3.0	69
17	SP7 15,552 residents	3.0	46
18	BH23 55,315 residents	2.8	157
19	DT1 21,372 residents	2.8	59

Lowest published rates

Rank of 37	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
37	DT5 13,548 residents	0.7	9
36	DT7 5,583 residents	0.9	5
35	BH19 11,178 residents	1.0	11
34	DT10 12,049 residents	1.0	12
33	BH18 11,949 residents	1.3	15
32	DT9 22,377 residents	1.3	29
31	BH31 13,642 residents	1.3	18
30	DT3 24,760 residents	1.4	34
29	DT11 30,216 residents	1.5	44
28	BH22 27,615 residents	1.5	41
27	DT2 25,891 residents	1.5	40
26	DT6 21,784 residents	1.6	34
25	DT4 37,391 residents	1.6	59
24	DT8 6,059 residents	1.8	11
23	BH20 20,305 residents	1.9	38
22	BH21 42,644 residents	2.0	85
21	SP8 14,385 residents	2.1	30
20	BH13 8,043 residents	2.1	17

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 78	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BH1 3 7,138 residents	14.4	103
2	BH15 1 6,493 residents	12.3	80
3	BH1 4 10,474 residents	9.9	104
4	BH8 9 9,613 residents	9.3	89
5	BH3 7 5,632 residents	9.2	52
6	BH5 1 6,748 residents	8.7	59
7	BH15 2 7,276 residents	8.1	59
8	BH9 1 12,698 residents	6.9	88
9	BH8 0 7,344 residents	6.8	50
10	BH8 8 15,160 residents	6.7	101
11	BH14 9 7,681 residents	6.2	48
12	BH12 3 8,624 residents	6.1	53
13	BH11 8 10,152 residents	6.0	61
14	BH4 8 5,200 residents	5.8	30
15	BH11 9 10,730 residents	5.7	61
16	BH10 5 7,233 residents	5.7	41
17	BH6 5 10,489 residents	5.1	54
18	BH9 3 9,463 residents	5.1	48
19	BH16 5 11,183 residents	5.0	56
20	BH12 1 6,200 residents	5.0	31

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 78	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
78	DT5 1 7,092 residents	0.6	4
77	DT9 6 6,884 residents	0.6	4
76	BH19 2 5,038 residents	0.6	3
75	DT6 5 6,318 residents	0.6	4
74	DT5 2 6,456 residents	0.8	5
73	DT10 1 6,187 residents	0.8	5
72	DT7 3 5,583 residents	0.9	5
71	DT3 6 8,916 residents	0.9	8
70	BH22 0 7,384 residents	0.9	7
69	DT11 8 7,129 residents	1.0	7
68	BH31 6 10,192 residents	1.1	11
67	DT3 5 9,253 residents	1.1	10
66	BH22 8 10,757 residents	1.1	12
65	DT4 9 12,366 residents	1.1	14
64	BH18 9 6,826 residents	1.2	8
63	BH23 4 10,074 residents	1.2	12
62	DT10 2 5,862 residents	1.2	7
61	BH23 5 7,368 residents	1.2	9
60	DT6 4 5,717 residents	1.2	7
59	DT2 9 8,073 residents	1.2	10

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