Total Crime Rate
114.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rodwell Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rodwell Street (DT4 8RD) in the last 12 months was 114.5 per 1,000 residents and was 69.5% lower than the Melcombe Regis average (374.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rodwell Street (DT4 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Franchise Street (11 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 | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rodwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower St Edmund Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Verne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orion Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High West Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High West Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | James Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portwey Close | — |
| 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 | Rodwell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verne Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verne Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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