Total Crime Rate

121.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

The Deans area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 228th 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 The Deans (BH1 1QB) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% lower than the Bournemouth Central average (340.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Deans (BH1 1QB), the main crime hotspot is near Dean Park Road. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Deans area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dean Park Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dean Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Deans Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Deans Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Deans Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Ives Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dean Park Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space
Sep 2025Burglary Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary St Winifred'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bodorgan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merlewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bodorgan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bodorgan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bodorgan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Park/Open Space Under investigation

Data Sources

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