Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 39.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cornish Gardens area has the 20th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Kinson , and the 344th 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 Cornish Gardens (BH10 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% lower than the Kinson average (87.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cornish Gardens (BH10 4EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Walton Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cornish Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richards Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Copper Beech Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Walton Road
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Jubilee Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ensbury Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hendford Gardens
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beswick Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Slades Farm Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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