Total Crime Rate

11.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 11.2 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.5 2/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Melcombe Regis , and the 119th lowest crime rate of 1,293 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 Rodwell Avenue (DT4 8UY) in the last 12 months was 11.2 per 1,000 residents and was 97.1% lower than the Melcombe Regis average (385.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -97.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rodwell Avenue (DT4 8UY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lower St Edmund Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rodwell Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rodwell Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower St Edmund Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franchise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Chapelhay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elwell Manor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elwell Manor Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson James Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 New Close Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Close Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Close Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower St Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Franchise Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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