Total Crime Rate
109.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beswick Gardens area has the 12th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Kinson , and the 253rd 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 Beswick Gardens (BH10 5FL) in the last 12 months was 109.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% higher than the Kinson average (87.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beswick Gardens (BH10 5FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beswick Gardens (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bournemouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherries Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherries Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherries Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samantha Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samantha Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cherries Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherries Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherries Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherries Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beswick Gardens | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beswick Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beswick Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beswick Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beswick Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beswick Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashleigh Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A347 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beswick Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherries Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherries Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richards Close | Under investigation |
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