Crime Rate in Hamworthy, ward

Hamworthy has the 14th highest crime rate of 33 wards in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district and the 3106th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 224th highest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hamworthy in the last 12 months was 73.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% lower than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district average (89.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hamworthy’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 397 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 458 (≈ 32.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hamworthy ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Foreland Road, with 122 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Rice Gardens (21 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.