Total Crime Rate

893.7 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 893.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 338.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 270.5 10/10
  • Other theft 58.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 53.1 10/10
  • Drugs 43.5 10/10
  • Public order 33.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 29.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.2 10/10
  • Robbery 19.3 10/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Wootton Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 8th 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 Wootton Gardens (BH1 1PW) in the last 12 months was 893.7 per 1,000 residents and was 162.6% 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 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 391.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wootton Gardens (BH1 1PW), 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 Wootton Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Awaiting court outcome
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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lansdowne Lane
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumnor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumnor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumnor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wootton Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wootton Mount Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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