Crime Rates at Paget Road, Bournemouth, BH11 8AF

Paget Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bearwood & Merley , and the 466th highest crime rate of 1,180 local areas in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Paget Road (BH11 8AF) in the last 12 months was 64.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.9% higher than the Bearwood & Merley average (55.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paget Road (BH11 8AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gort Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rochester Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.