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

Old Christchurch 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 Old Christchurch Road (BH1 1LR) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Old Christchurch Road (BH1 1LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 313 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (85 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.