Total Crime Rate

812.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 812.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 340.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 224.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 64.6 10/10
  • Other theft 44.2 10/10
  • Public order 40.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 20.4 9/10
  • Drugs 17.0 9/10
  • Robbery 13.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Christchurch Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 11th highest crime rate of 1,191 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Christchurch Road (BH1 1PE) in the last 12 months was 812.9 per 1,000 residents and was 138.8% higher than the Bournemouth Central average (340.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 100 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 119 (≈ 404.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Christchurch Road (BH1 1PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lansdowne Crescent, where police recorded 346 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (138 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Christchurch Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Christchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Christchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stafford Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wootton Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Christchurch Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wootton Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glen Fern Road
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Burglary Old Christchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parsonage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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