Total Crime Rate
409.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spencer 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 Spencer Road (BH1 3TE) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Spencer Road (BH1 3TE), 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 (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bournemouth Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southcote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southcote Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Knole Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Knole Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moorland Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knyveton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southcote Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Knyveton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Knyveton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vale Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Derby Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Derby Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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