Dorset Police 2024

Reduction

Total Crime showed a reduction of 2.3%.

The total number of crimes recorded 51,300 equating to 65.8 crimes per 1,000 population (Force Data)

• Violence against the person reduced by 2.5%,
• Sexual Offences reduced by 8.5%,
• Theft from and of Motor Vehicles reduced by 13%,
• criminal damage reduced by 11.8%. (Force Data)

Positive

Total positive outcome rate 12.6%.

There were a total of 6,459 positive outcomes achieved during 2023/24. This represents an increase of 724 compared to 2022/23.

Safest

Dorset seventh safest in terms of crimes per 1,000 population (ONS crime statistics 12 months to end of Sept 2023)

Domestic Abuse Reporting

Domestic abuse related crime has shown an increase with continued work to encourage confidence in reporting

Missing Persons

During 2023/24 there were 3,800 missing person occurrences of which 557 were high risk.

Mental Health Flagged Incidents

8,254 mental health flagged incidents recorded in 2023/24

Total ASB Incidents Recorded

15,239 in 2023/24 (-12%).

Call Handling

• 999 Calls 2023/24 = 143,317 (+6%)
• Non-Emergency Contacts 2023/24 = 211,528 (-11%)