Total Crime Rate
119.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
95.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chickerell Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Rodwell & Wyke , and the 118th highest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chickerell Road (DT4 0BS) in the last 12 months was 119.8 per 1,000 residents and was 136.4% higher than the Rodwell & Wyke average (50.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 95.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chickerell Road (DT4 0BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Emmadale Close, where police recorded 20 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Baycliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmadale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Emmadale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Markham Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bryn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Portland Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baycliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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