Total Crime Rate
321.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
151.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spencer Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bournemouth Central , and the 51st 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 Spencer Road (BH1 3TE) in the last 12 months was 321.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% lower 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 151.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencer Road (BH1 3TE), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 30 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 | Spencer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Derby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knyveton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knyveton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Carlton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spencer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Victoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southcote Road | Under investigation |
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