diff --git a/datasette/database.py b/datasette/database.py
index da0ab1de86..a2e899bc9b 100644
--- a/datasette/database.py
+++ b/datasette/database.py
@@ -677,6 +677,9 @@ def single_value(self):
         else:
             raise MultipleValues
 
+    def dicts(self):
+        return [dict(row) for row in self.rows]
+
     def __iter__(self):
         return iter(self.rows)
 
diff --git a/datasette/views/row.py b/datasette/views/row.py
index d802994e40..f374fd946b 100644
--- a/datasette/views/row.py
+++ b/datasette/views/row.py
@@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ def update_row(conn):
             results = await resolved.db.execute(
                 resolved.sql, resolved.params, truncate=True
             )
-            rows = list(results.rows)
-            result["row"] = dict(rows[0])
+            result["row"] = results.dicts()[0]
 
         await self.ds.track_event(
             UpdateRowEvent(
diff --git a/datasette/views/table.py b/datasette/views/table.py
index ea044b3609..82dab613b9 100644
--- a/datasette/views/table.py
+++ b/datasette/views/table.py
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ def insert_or_upsert_rows(conn):
                     ),
                     args,
                 )
-                result["rows"] = [dict(r) for r in fetched_rows.rows]
+                result["rows"] = fetched_rows.dicts()
             else:
                 result["rows"] = rows
         # We track the number of rows requested, but do not attempt to show which were actually
diff --git a/docs/internals.rst b/docs/internals.rst
index 4289c8152f..facbc224f5 100644
--- a/docs/internals.rst
+++ b/docs/internals.rst
@@ -1093,6 +1093,9 @@ The ``Results`` object also has the following properties and methods:
 ``.rows`` - list of ``sqlite3.Row``
     This property provides direct access to the list of rows returned by the database. You can access specific rows by index using ``results.rows[0]``.
 
+``.dicts()`` - list of ``dict``
+    This method returns a list of Python dictionaries, one for each row.
+
 ``.first()`` - row or None
     Returns the first row in the results, or ``None`` if no rows were returned.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_api_write.py b/tests/test_api_write.py
index 9c2b9b4584..04e61261ba 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_write.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_write.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ async def test_insert_row(ds_write, content_type):
     assert response.status_code == 201
     assert response.json()["ok"] is True
     assert response.json()["rows"] == [expected_row]
-    rows = (await ds_write.get_database("data").execute("select * from docs")).rows
-    assert dict(rows[0]) == expected_row
+    rows = (await ds_write.get_database("data").execute("select * from docs")).dicts()
+    assert rows[0] == expected_row
     # Analytics event
     event = last_event(ds_write)
     assert event.name == "insert-rows"
@@ -118,12 +118,9 @@ async def test_insert_rows(ds_write, return_rows):
     assert not event.ignore
     assert not event.replace
 
-    actual_rows = [
-        dict(r)
-        for r in (
-            await ds_write.get_database("data").execute("select * from docs")
-        ).rows
-    ]
+    actual_rows = (
+        await ds_write.get_database("data").execute("select * from docs")
+    ).dicts()
     assert len(actual_rows) == 20
     assert actual_rows == [
         {"id": i + 1, "title": "Test {}".format(i), "score": 1.0, "age": 5}
@@ -469,12 +466,10 @@ async def test_insert_ignore_replace(
     assert event.ignore == ignore
     assert event.replace == replace
 
-    actual_rows = [
-        dict(r)
-        for r in (
-            await ds_write.get_database("data").execute("select * from docs")
-        ).rows
-    ]
+    actual_rows = (
+        await ds_write.get_database("data").execute("select * from docs")
+    ).dicts()
+
     assert actual_rows == expected_rows
     assert response.json()["ok"] is True
     if should_return:
diff --git a/tests/test_internals_database.py b/tests/test_internals_database.py
index 0020668a4b..edfc6bc7d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_internals_database.py
+++ b/tests/test_internals_database.py
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ async def test_results_bool(db, expected):
     assert bool(results) is expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_results_dicts(db):
+    results = await db.execute("select pk, name from roadside_attractions")
+    assert results.dicts() == [
+        {"pk": 1, "name": "The Mystery Spot"},
+        {"pk": 2, "name": "Winchester Mystery House"},
+        {"pk": 3, "name": "Burlingame Museum of PEZ Memorabilia"},
+        {"pk": 4, "name": "Bigfoot Discovery Museum"},
+    ]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "query,expected",
     [