Total Crime Rate

353.9 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 353.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 129.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 61.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.9 10/10
  • Other theft 22.5 10/10
  • Drugs 16.9 9/10
  • Other crime 16.9 10/10
  • Public order 16.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.2 9/10
  • Robbery 11.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bath 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 Bath Road (BH1 2HU) 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 Bath Road (BH1 2HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 336 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 Bath Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Hinton Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hinton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hinton Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Christchurch Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Old Christchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Christchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Christchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glen Fern Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parsonage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Wootton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wootton Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Wootton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wootton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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