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

Old Christchurch Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 20th 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 1NL) in the last 12 months was 613.4 per 1,000 residents and was 90.5% 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 105 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 159.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Christchurch Road (BH1 1NL), 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 (98 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.