Total Crime Rate

133.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · 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 133.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Drummond Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Boscombe West , and the 198th 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 Drummond Road (BH1 4DS) in the last 12 months was 133.1 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% lower than the Boscombe West average (136.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drummond Road (BH1 4DS), the main crime hotspot is near Wharncliffe Road. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Drummond Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Hengist Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Adeline Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Knole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adeline Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adeline Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Exton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hamilton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hengist Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Clement'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gordon Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Gordon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gordon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gordon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Crescent —
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wharncliffe Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Wharncliffe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wharncliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hamilton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Spa Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Knole Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Walpole Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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