Crime Rates at Westover Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2BZ

Westover Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 45th 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 2BZ) in the last 12 months was 353.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 228.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 157.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 211.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westover Road (BH1 2BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 346 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (120 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.