West Purbeck

Window: 2025-04 → 2026-03 · Source: data.police.uk recorded crimes · Population: ONS LSOA mid-year estimates · National band scale from England & Wales LAD distribution

Crime mix (annualised)

• violent crime180
• anti social behaviour144
• burglary36
• criminal damage arson36
• public order36
• other theft24

Other wards in Dorset

• Melcombe Regis

  Population 4,730
  394.1 /1,000Very high
• Sherborne Rural

  Population 4,034
  196.3 /1,000High
• Dorchester West

  Population 7,126
  123.5 /1,000Moderate
• Westham

  Population 8,973
  105.7 /1,000Low
• Radipole

  Population 8,455
  97.9 /1,000Low
• Shaftesbury Town

  Population 8,828
  94.7 /1,000Low
• Wimborne Minster

  Population 8,802
  71.6 /1,000Low
• Sherborne East

  Population 4,434
  70.4 /1,000Low
• Winterborne North

  Population 4,118
  69.9 /1,000Low
• St Leonards & St Ives

  Population 7,354
  66.9 /1,000Low
• Bridport

  Population 13,765
  61.9 /1,000Low
• Beaminster

  Population 3,950
  60.8 /1,000Very low
• Upwey & Broadwey

  Population 3,617
  59.7 /1,000Very low
• Blandford

  Population 10,470
  57.7 /1,000Very low
• Ferndown North

  Population 8,272
  56.9 /1,000Very low
• Dorchester Poundbury

  Population 5,739
  55.9 /1,000Very low
• Sturminster Newton

  Population 5,591
  50.4 /1,000Very low
• Swanage

  Population 9,817
  48.3 /1,000Very low
• Sherborne West

  Population 6,241
  48.1 /1,000Very low
• Littlemoor & Preston

  Population 10,792
  47.8 /1,000Very low
• Dorchester East

  Population 9,120
  47.4 /1,000Very low
• Beacon

  Population 5,670
  47.3 /1,000Very low
• Stour & Allen Vale

  Population 5,090
  47.1 /1,000Very low
• Rodwell & Wyke

  Population 14,382
  46.3 /1,000Very low
• Chalk Valleys

  Population 2,088
  46.0 /1,000Very low
• Blackmore Vale

  Population 3,956
  45.5 /1,000Very low
• Lyme & Charmouth

  Population 5,470
  43.9 /1,000Very low
• Ferndown South

  Population 8,715
  42.7 /1,000Very low
• Colehill & Wimborne Minster East

  Population 7,444
  41.9 /1,000Very low
• Cranborne & Alderholt

  Population 5,091
  41.3 /1,000Very low
• Crossways

  Population 4,024
  38.8 /1,000Very low
• Puddletown & Lower Winterborne

  Population 6,565
  34.7 /1,000Very low
• Verwood

  Population 14,024
  32.1 /1,000Very low
• Cranborne Chase

  Population 4,199
  31.4 /1,000Very low
• Corfe Mullen

  Population 10,219
  29.9 /1,000Very low
• Stalbridge & Marnhull

  Population 5,292
  27.2 /1,000Very low
• Winterborne & Broadmayne

  Population 4,013
  26.9 /1,000Very low
• Eggardon

  Population 6,095
  26.6 /1,000Very low
• Chesil Bank

  Population 3,977
  26.6 /1,000Very low
• Gillingham

  Population 15,031
  25.6 /1,000Very low
• Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants

  Population 5,259
  23.6 /1,000Very low
• Yetminster

  Population 5,501
  21.8 /1,000Very low
• Charminster St Mary's

  Population 7,266
  12.4 /1,000Very low
• Portland

  Population 13,311
  0.5 /1,000Very low
• Chickerell

  Population 8,308
  0.0 /1,000Very low
• Lytchett Matravers & Upton

  Population 12,667
  0.0 /1,000Very low
• Marshwood Vale

  Population 3,538
  0.0 /1,000Very low
• South East Purbeck

  Population 3,193
  0.0 /1,000Very low
• Wareham

  Population 10,601
  0.0 /1,000Very low
• West Moors & Three Legged Cross

  Population 8,734
  0.0 /1,000Very low
• West Parley

  Population 4,708
  0.0 /1,000Very low