Crime in DT2 7AW
How much crime is recorded in DT2 7AW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown
- Council
- Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,891 (2024)
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How safe is DT2 7AW
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 11.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DT2 7AW area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 2 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Lower than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.