Total Crime Rate

255.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 255.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Drugs 15.5 9/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hamilton Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Boscombe West , and the 80th 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 Hamilton Road (BH1 4EG) in the last 12 months was 255.8 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% higher than the Boscombe West average (136.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 85.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hamilton Road (BH1 4EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vale Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Randolph Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hamilton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Exton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randolph Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moorland Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Knole Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Knole Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Knole Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Austin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hengist Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vale Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Clement'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randolph Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hengist Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Randolph Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gordon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hamilton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hamilton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gordon Road
Sep 2025Public order The Grove Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drummond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Walpole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gordon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Churchill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gordon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Clements Gardens

Data Sources

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