South Dorset

England · E14001485

7,633 crimes recorded in the last 12 months – violence & sexual offences is the most common, falling versus the year before.

Recorded crimes (last 12m)
7,633
Most common
Violence & sexual offences falling
2,947 reports
Data to
Apr 2026

Crimes per month

897/mo peak0 baseline
May 23Apr 26

By type (last 12 months)

CategoryReportsShare
Violence & sexual offencesfalling2,94738.6%
Anti-social behaviourrising2,13127.9%
Criminal damage & arsonfalling5717.5%
Shopliftingfalling4465.8%
Other theftfalling4135.4%
Public orderfalling4005.2%
Burglaryfalling1862.4%
Drugsrising1502.0%
Vehicle crimefalling1341.8%
Other crimefalling851.1%
Possession of weaponsrising550.7%
Robberyrising450.6%
Theft from the personfalling350.5%
Bicycle theftfalling350.5%

The open street-level feed merges violence and sexual offences into one category. Splitting them (e.g. homicide vs sexual assault) needs ONS force-level tables, modelled to constituency in a later step.

Partial coverageSource: Street-level crime, data.police.uk (Home Office)· How we know this
Source
Street-level crime
Publisher
data.police.uk (Home Office)
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Retrieved
2026-09-18
How it's mapped
Aggregated from smaller areas to the constituency on a best-fit basis.

Some areas or categories are missing from this source, so treat it as partial.

Source: data.police.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.