Rochdale crime rate Interactive maps and visualisation

Overview of Rochdale crime rate

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Rochdale’s crime situation is deemed low.

With a 19th place ranking among 25 adjacent boroughs for crime rates, Rochdale recorded 103 incidents in 2023. The area, home to 223,773 people, reports a crime rate of 0.46 incidents per 1,000 residents. Notably, this represents a 24.32% increase in crime rate over the previous year.

Rochdale’s most frequent crime categories are Violence and sexual offences (40.8%), Public order (22.3%), and Vehicle crime (6.8%), while the least common include Drugs (2.9%), Theft from the person (1.0%), and Anti-social behaviour (1.0%).

Of Rochdale’s 19 wards, those with the highest crime rates are Milkstone & Deeplish (3.1), Littleborough Lakeside (0.8), Castleton (0.7), with the safest being Smallbridge & Firgrove (0.2), West Heywood (0.1), Spotland & Falinge (0.1).

Examining postcode districts overlapping with Rochdale, OL14 (108.7), OL12 (14.6), and OL11 (1.0) show higher crime rates. The safest areas by postcode district are OL10 (0.2), M9 (0.1), OL2 (0.0).

In Rochdale, there was a significant decrease in crime rates across various categories in 2020: Anti-social behaviour by 11.56%, Criminal damage and arson by 7.79%, Other crime by 1.73%, Other theft by 4.28%, Public order by 7.23%, Vehicle crime by 7.14%, and Violence and sexual offences by a notable 20.22%. Additionally, Burglary saw a decrease by 4.91% in 2022 and Shoplifting by 2.63% in 2023.

Rochdale crime incidents by crime type

A total of 103 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 42 (40.8)%
Public order – 23 (22.3)%
Vehicle crime – 7 (6.8)%
Criminal damage and arson – 7 (6.8)%
Other theft – 6 (5.8)%
Shoplifting – 5 (4.9)%
Other crime – 3 (2.9)%
Burglary – 3 (2.9)%
Bicycle theft – 2 (1.9)%
Drugs – 3 (2.9)%
Theft from the person – 1 (1.0)%
Anti-social behaviour – 1 (1.0)%

How does Rochdale compare against nearby areas ?

Rochdale ranks 19th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

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Crime rates in Rochdale wards

There are 19 wards within Rochdale. Milkstone & Deeplish, Littleborough Lakeside, Castleton has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 19 wards from high crime rate to low.