Crime Rates at Vale Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3SZ

Vale Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 36th highest crime rate of 1,191 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 Vale Road (BH1 3SZ) in the last 12 months was 409.1 per 1,000 residents and was 20.2% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 148.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vale Road (BH1 3SZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spencer Road, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Road (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.