Total Crime Rate

121.8 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 121.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.5 6/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 1.3 1/10
  • Other crime 1.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gervis Road area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 226th 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 Gervis Road (BH1 3EF) in the last 12 months was 121.8 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% lower 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (β‰ˆ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gervis Road (BH1 3EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 178 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gervis Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotlands Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Swithun'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Swithun'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Weston Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Swithun'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Swithun'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Swithun'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Swithun'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Swithun'S Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Swithun'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Swithun'S Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Swithun'S Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Swithun'S Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Swithun'S Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Swithun'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weston Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Swithun'S Road South Under investigation

Data Sources

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