Total Crime Rate
67.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bincleaves Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 300th highest crime rate of 1,290 local areas in Dorset .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bincleaves Road (DT4 8RH) in the last 12 months was 67.8 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bincleaves Road (DT4 8RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Verne Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spring Gardens (8 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 | Orion Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portwey Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rodwell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orion Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Rodwell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Verne Road | Under investigation |
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