Crime Rates at Westover Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2BY

Westover Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 20th highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Westover Road (BH1 2BY) in the last 12 months was 603.1 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% higher than the Bournemouth Central average (340.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 152.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westover Road (BH1 2BY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 418 crimes here, including 133 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.