Total Crime Rate
60.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Land Adjoining area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Boscombe West , and the 505th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Land Adjoining (BH1 4LA) in the last 12 months was 60.8 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% lower than the Boscombe West average (139.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Land Adjoining (BH1 4LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walpole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borthwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Borthwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Borthwick Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walpole Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walpole Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Centenary Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Walpole Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walpole Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borthwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmerston Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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