Total Crime Rate
47.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Maltings area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 456th 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 The Maltings (DT4 8UT) in the last 12 months was 47.4 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Maltings (DT4 8UT), the main crime hotspot is near St Edmund Street. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rodwell & Wyke| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodwell Avenue | 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 | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | St Edmund Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Edmund Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Custom House Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Admirals Quarter | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helen Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hope Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newton'S Road | Under investigation |
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