Crime Statistics for Frome, Dorchester, Dorset, 2024

There were a total of 83 street level crime incidents in Frome in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Frome, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	31
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Other Theft	7
Vehicle Crime	6
Shoplifting	6
Public Order	3
Bicycle Theft	1
Burglary	1
Other Crime	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	83

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Frome. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Frome

We've taken the ten nearest places to Frome and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Frome has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Dorchester (1.22 miles)	115
Frome	83
Charminster (1.34 miles)	45
Stinsford (0.75 miles)	24
Higher Woodsford (4 miles)	8
Lower Bockhampton (1.45 miles)	3
Broadmayne (3.28 miles)	2
Higher Bockhampton (1.55 miles)	1
Forston (3.51 miles)	0
Stratton (3.27 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Frome?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Frome and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Frome	31
Dorchester	30
Charminster	15
Stinsford	10
Lower Bockhampton	2
Broadmayne	1
Higher Woodsford	0
Higher Bockhampton	0
Forston	0
Stratton	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Frome?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Frome to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Frome compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Frome and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Frome is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Westham	52
2	Dorchester Poundbury	45
3	Dorchester West	36
4	Radipole	36
5	Littlemoor & Preston	36
6	Dorchester East	28
7	Crossways	20
8	Winterborne & Broadmayne	17
9	Charminster St Mary's	15
10	Upwey & Broadwey	13
11	Chalk Valleys	13

Which road in Frome has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Frome with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.