Crime Rates at Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1LR

Old Christchurch Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 50th highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Old Christchurch Road (BH1 1LR) in the last 12 months was 332.4 per 1,000 residents and was 2.4% lower than the Bournemouth Central average (340.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 121.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Christchurch Road (BH1 1LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 302 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (120 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.