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Crime · Poundbury
Reported crime in the parish of Dorchester
1,631 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 76 per 1,000 residents.
The figures on this page are for the parish of Dorchester, which includes Poundbury. There are no separate figures for Poundbury. What each figure covers
Total incidents
1,631
Rate / 1,000
76
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 547 | 34% |
| Anti social behaviour | 424 | 26% |
| Shoplifting | 205 | 13% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 115 | 7% |
| Other theft | 94 | 6% |
| Public order | 79 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 59 | 4% |
| Burglary | 36 | 2% |
| Drugs | 29 | 2% |
| Other crime | 12 | 1% |
| Robbery | 11 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 0% |
| Possession of weapons | 8 | 0% |
| Theft from the person | 4 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 43 | 67 | 47 | 42 | 46 | 34 | 35 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 53 | 50 | 547 |
| Anti social behaviour | 32 | 41 | 43 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 23 | 36 | 30 | 49 | 45 | 424 |
| Shoplifting | 15 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 205 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 115 |
| Other theft | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 94 |
| Public order | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 79 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 59 |
| Burglary | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 36 | |
| Drugs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 29 | ||
| Other crime | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Robbery | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Possession of weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Total | 117 | 173 | 156 | 116 | 123 | 107 | 144 | 129 | 147 | 127 | 143 | 149 | 1631 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Poundbury, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 21,358.