Crime Rates at St Peters Road, Bournemouth, BH1 2JU

St Peters Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 19th highest crime rate of 1,180 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 St Peters Road (BH1 2JU) in the last 12 months was 624.7 per 1,000 residents and was 94.0% higher than the Bournemouth Central average (322.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 110 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -55.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 120 (≈ 264.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Peters Road (BH1 2JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 313 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (98 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.