Total Crime Rate
85.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornish 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.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richards Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Beech Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Jubilee Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ensbury Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hendford Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beswick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Slades Farm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Road | Under investigation |
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