Total Crime Rate
383.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
180.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albert Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 34th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Albert Road (BH1 1BZ) in the last 12 months was 383.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% higher than the Bournemouth Central average (322.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (β 180.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Road (BH1 1BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 379 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (127 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verulam Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Verulam Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exeter Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verulam Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Vale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Verulam Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fir Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gervis Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gervis Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
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