Crime Rate in Burton & Grange, ward

Burton & Grange has the 15th highest crime rate of 33 wards in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district and the 3141st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 227th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Burton & Grange in the last 12 months was 73.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.6% lower than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district average (89.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Burton & Grange’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 247 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 290 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Burton & Grange ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 123 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hillary Road (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.