Total Crime Rate
75.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chickerell Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Rodwell & Wyke , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chickerell Road (DT4 0BN) in the last 12 months was 75.5 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% higher than the Rodwell & Wyke average (50.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chickerell Road (DT4 0BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bradford Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rodwell & Wyke| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pretoria Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barclay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portmore Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portmore Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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