Total Crime Rate
120.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Peters Road area has the 44th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 217th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Peters Road (BH1 2LT) in the last 12 months was 120.6 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% lower than the Bournemouth Central average (322.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peters Road (BH1 2LT), the main crime hotspot is near Lansdowne Crescent. Police recorded 415 crimes here, including 143 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumnor Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lansdowne Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumnor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wootton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wootton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wootton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lorne Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lorne Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lorne Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorne Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumnor Road | — |
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