Total Crime Rate

26.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 26.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rodwell Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 454th lowest crime rate of 1,293 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 Rodwell Avenue (DT4 8UX) in the last 12 months was 26.0 per 1,000 residents and was 93.2% lower than the Melcombe Regis average (385.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rodwell Avenue (DT4 8UX), the main crime hotspot is near St Edmund Street. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rodwell Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Drugs St Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower St Edmund Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower St Edmund Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower St Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franchise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franchise Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hope Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Hill Lane Local resolution
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Data Sources

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