Crime Rate in Penn Hill, ward

Penn Hill has the 4th lowest crime rate of 33 wards in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district and the 1406th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South West), it has the 203rd lowest crime rate of 821 wards.

The overall crime rate in Penn Hill in the last 12 months was 37.7 per 1,000 residents and was 57.7% lower than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district average (89.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Penn Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 190 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 219 (≈ 16.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Penn Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 65 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Randolph Road (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.